There are major irrigation projects on the river at Riverton and Bighorn.
At Mpongwe, south of Luanshya, a major irrigation scheme produces wheat and coffee.
The Prakasam Barrage on the Krishna River, completed in 1959, is one of the first major irrigation projects of the region.
The Chao Phraya system drains 61,807 square miles (160,079 square km) and is the basis of several major irrigation projects.
The area has a major irrigation scheme; rice is practically the only crop and is exported through Yangon.
Their most noteworthy king was Mahasena (reigned 276 303), who constructed many major irrigation systems and championed heterodox Buddhist sects.
Lambrick has shown how the traditional exploitation of the floods could provide a simple means of growing the principal crops without even plowing, manuring, or using major irrigation.
Major irrigation works include the Bhakra-Nangal Project, the Sirhind Canal, and the Sutlej Valley Project, the latter in both India and Pakistan.
A major irrigation project (completed 1964) transformed the oasis into one of the largest agricultural areas in Saudi Arabia, producing dates, alfalfa, rice, fruits, and vegetables.
In particular, attention is now being given to dry-farming techniques and to major irrigation schemes, along with intensive area development.
