Irrigation suitability mapping examples from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya
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Irrigation suitability mapping examples from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya
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Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
Haileslassie, Amare Magidi, J. Nhamo, L. |
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irrigation management
land suitability mapping planning soil texture land use land cover rain surface water groundwater slope diversification socioeconomic aspects |
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Description |
The irrigation suitability classification was achieved by using physical factors that include slope, rainfall, landuse, closeness to waterbodies (surface and groundwater) and soil characteristics for selected districts in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and Kenya, some of the UU target countries. As cereals form the main food basket of the selected countries, and cereals are not tolerant to saline conditions, the report also provides maps showing high soil salinity areas of Makueni and Nakuru of Kenya, where soils are highly saline. However, soil salinity is insignificant in the other study districts and therefore not mapped. This report provides (a) a conceptual framework and detailed methodology for irrigation suitability mapping, including details of identified boundary maps and geospatial data, and (b) a synthesis model and maps on irrigation suitability mapping for the selected districts in the four target countries.
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2022-12-01
2023-02-14T04:54:11Z 2023-02-14T04:54:11Z |
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Report
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Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Haileslassie, Amare; Magidi, J.; Nhamo, L. 2022. Irrigation suitability mapping examples from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa. 52p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128702 https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/PDF/irrigation_suitability_mapping_examples_from_zimbabwe_zambia_malawi_and_kenya.pdf H051676 |
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en
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CC-BY-4.0
Open Access |
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52p.
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa
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