Sentence examples for extensive irrigation system from inspiring English sources

Ségou is the headquarters of the Office du Niger, an extensive irrigation system begun in 1932.

Cambodia traditionally has produced only one rice crop per year because it has lacked the extensive irrigation system needed for double-cropping.

San Francisco capitalists, acquiring large-scale landholdings in the area, helped develop an extensive irrigation system to distribute the waters of the Kern River; the region subsequently became important in the production of grain, alfalfa, and livestock.

The large RVF outbreak that occurred in the regions surrounding the Senegal River during 1987–1988 was thought to be linked to completion of the Maka-Diama dam built in 1986 and the extensive irrigation system developed at this time (45 in online Technical Appendix).

Corn and cotton were cultivated with ever more extensive irrigation systems.

The state is also known as the rice bowl of India, and rice is traditionally grown in flooded fields, which require extensive irrigation systems.

The arid landscape required extensive irrigation systems, and principles of shared labor made sense to people who were inspired by the theories of Karl Marx and Robert Owen.

The Hawaiians, for example, relied heavily on taro, building extensive irrigation systems to grow the variety that requires muddy soil and planting the "dry" variety in the uplands.

Previous research had shown that the culture built large urban centers with fortifications, had the administrative skills to develop extensive irrigation systems and produced surpluses to pay for fine ceramics, jewelry and bronze goods.

The Houston Chronicle reports that the Colorado National Guard flew the plants out of the forest and also dismantled an extensive drip irrigation system set up for the illegal pot farm.

Goshen and Platte ranked first and third, and each has an extensive flood-irrigation system that involves pooled water.