Azerbaijan

Total area equipped for irrigation in Azerbaijan was 1 426 000 ha in year 2003 [AZ01]. For the region of Nakhichevan, area equipped for irrigation per district was derived from report [AZ02], which refers to the situation in year 2000. Area equipped for irrigation for the other regions was derived from statistics collected by the AQUASTAT country survey 2008. The sum of AEI in these regions was 1 318 466 ha. Therefore AEI was scaled to 1 369 800 ha so that total AEI for the whole country was similar to national sum (1 426 000 ha). The irrigated area per region estimated that way is visible in the table below and also can be downloaded as Azerbaijan irrigation areas in PDF or Azerbaijan irrigation areas in Excel.

Irrigated areas were digitized from a map showing irrigation in the Caucasus region [AZ03]. The boundaries of the digitized irrigated areas were then adjusted using recent satellite imagery [AZ04].

Area equipped for irrigation with groundwater was 96 700 ha in year 1995 [AZ01], while area actually irrigated was about 1 100 000 ha in year 2001 [AZ05]. The total harvested area of irrigated crops was 1 391 521 ha in year 2004 [AZ01] indicating either multi-cropping of irrigated crops or an increase of the actual use of irrigation between 2001 and 2004.

References

[AZ01]: FAO. 2009. AQUASTAT country profile of Azerbaijan, version 2008. FAO, Rome, Italy.
[AZ02]: State Amelioration and Irrigation Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 2003. Irrigation distribution system and management improvement project - environmental assessment. http://www.worldbank.org, 12/07/2004.
[AZ03]: Achtnich, W. 1980. Bewässerungslandbau, p. 36. Stuttgart, Germany, Ulmer.
[AZ04]: Earth Satellite Corporation. 2004. Landsat GeoCover (2000/ETM+) Edition Mosaics, tiles 071-300, 071-301, 071-312 and 071-313. Sioux Falls, USA, USGS http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu:8080/esdi/index.jsp.
[AZ05]: World Bank. 2003. Irrigation distribution system and management improvement project. Project appraisal document. Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region, Report No. 25755-AZ, http://www.worldbank.org, 12/07/2004.