Session 2 : Assessment of irrigation potential in Africa
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FIGURE 2
Irrigation cropping pattern zones. List of cropping pattern zones.
1.
Mediterranean coastal zone
2.
Saharan oases
3a.
Semi-arid to arid savannas in West-East Africa
3b.
Semi-arid/arid savanna (Somalia, Kenya, Southern Sudan)
4a.
Rice - Niger/Senegal rivers
4b.
Rice - Gulf of Guinea
4c.
Rice - Southern Sudan
4d.
Rice - Madagascar tropical lowland
4e.
Rice - Madagascar highland
5.
Egyptian Nile and delta
6.
Ethiopian highlands
7.
Sudanese Nile area
8.
Shebelle-Juba river area in Somalia
9.
Rwanda-Burundi-southern Uganda highland
10.
Southern Kenya - Northern Tanzania
11.
Malawi/Mozambique/Southern Tanzania
12a.
West and Central African humid areas above the equator
12b.
Central African humid areas below the equator
13.
River affluents on Angola-Namibia-Botswana border
14.
South Africa - Namibia - Botswana desert and steppe
15.
Zimbabwe highland
16.
South Africa - Lesotho - Swaziland
17.
Awash river area in Ethiopia
18.
All islands (Comores, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Verde)