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In this section you will find detailed information, including national overviews and state and regional level assessments, from the 2000-2002 National Land and Water Resources Audit theme assessments.
Irrigation
Detailed reports and assessments on Australia's irrigated agriculture based on data collected for the NLWRA . Includes information on the extent of irrigation, value and yield from irrigated agriculture and the relevant infrastructure at both national and state levels.
- Australian Water Resources Assessment 2000: NLWRA theme report providing a comprehensive assessment on Australia's water resources
- Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000: NLWRA theme report providing a comprehensive assessment on Australia's dryland salinity
- Introduction: An overview of the key challenges facing sustainable irrigation development in Australia
- Extent: Extent, location and change of irrigation at national and state levels
- Production: Information on the gross value and yield from irrigated agriculture at both national and state levels
- Water consumption: Irrigation water sources compared to other water uses at national and state levels
- Infrastructure and distribution: Information on supporting irrigation infrastructure and practice, at national and state levels
- Data relating to Australia's irrigation can be viewed and queried in the Map Maker
Recent Data
View and query new irrigation related data as well as the information from the Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000 and Australian Water Resources Assessment 2000 in the Map Maker. You can also make a customised map for a specified region of interest.
Related Websites
- National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
- www.ancid.org.au"Australian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
- Agriculture, Australia - Australian Bureau of Statistics report
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Bureau of Rural Sciences
- ABARE
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