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Irrigation suitability mapping examples from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya

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Title Irrigation suitability mapping examples from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya
 
Creator Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
Haileslassie, Amare
Magidi, J.
Nhamo, L.
 
Subject irrigation management
land suitability
mapping
planning
soil texture
land use
land cover
rain
surface water
groundwater
slope
diversification
socioeconomic aspects
 
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.
 
Date 2022-12-01
2023-02-14T04:54:11Z
2023-02-14T04:54:11Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier 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
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 52p.
 
Publisher International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa