Central African Republic

Area equipped for irrigation is 135 ha [CF01]. The figures refer to year 1987, but no more recent statistics have been available. No sub-national statistics on irrigated area have been available. The irrigated area estimated that way is visible in the table below and also can be downloaded as Central African Republic irrigation areas in PDF or Central African Republic irrigation areas in Excel.

Irrigated area was distributed to 6 projects with known location and command area as derived from the FAO irrigation project database for Africa [CF02]. Total command area reported for the six schemes was 160 ha and was therefore scaled to meet the country-totals of 135 ha.

Area actually irrigated in year 1987 was 69 ha. All irrigation was from surface water in that year [CF01].

References

[CF01]: FAO. 1996. République centrafricaine – Suivi du Sommet mondial de l’alimentation – Projet de stratégie pour le développement agricole national – Horizon 2010.
[CF02]: FAO. 1987 (updated in 2005). Irrigated areas in Africa. FAO, Rome, Italy.