other remotely sensed data – was judged
highly accurate by participating stakeholders.
All known misclassifications were manually
corrected to produce the final, validated third
version of the map. The map showed that 1
334 562 ha of SA’s land surface was actively
irrigated during 2014/15. This constituted
about 10% of the total area under cultivation
(including fallow areas) of the area used for
agric