Provided the costs of data acquisition can be reduced this technology has the potential to be scaled up and included in future development investments in large scale irrigation systems.
This paper deals with the objective of evaluating and enhancing irrigation water management of Koga large scale irrigation scheme located in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia.
The area possesses one of the most complete collections of ancient residential sites, more than a dozen heiaus (ceremonial and religious structures), and a large-scale irrigation system.
The huge investments in large-scale irrigation system, however, have not brought about satisfactory performance in many cases.
The Chimú constructed cities and developed large-scale irrigation systems.
The relatively dry climate of the central and eastern areas of the Great Alfold has necessitated the construction of large-scale irrigation systems, mostly along the Tisza River.
Without state government, war between local groups is chronic; coöperation between local groups on projects bringing benefits to everyone — such as large-scale irrigation systems, free rights of travel, and long-distance trade — becomes much more difficult; and even the frequency of murder within a local group is higher.
Large-scale irrigation systems are central to the socio-economic development in developing countries.
In the last few decades, due to substantial investments by governments and international donors, large-scale irrigation systems have become a major source of water for a large proportion of cultivated lands in China.
The notion of 'irrigation societies' derives from one of the most durable ideas in social science, that the construction and operation of large-scale irrigation systems leads to a concentration of power in the state.
Large scale irrigation commenced with the establishment of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) in 1912 which diverted water from the Murrumbidgee River near Narrandera.
