On 21 Nov 2002 at 13:35, Malanding Jaiteh wrote: > Momodou, > Figures on irrigation in the Gambia, although widely quoted are hard to > verify. It looks like the 1998 estimate of 20 sq km (2000 hectares) is > consistent with those I have seen so far. The 120 sqkm (12,000 ha) looks > very high given that the 1983 land cover mapping exercise gave 13.8 sq km as > irrigated rice. It would be hard to imagine an 8 fold increase in 5 years. > > Malanding > Malanding, Thanks, I had the feeling that something was wrong somewhere. Momodou Camara ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~