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Irrigation and Drainage in Korea and ICT Applications
Author(s) -
Choi JinYong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.1947
Subject(s) - irrigation , drainage , political science , paddy field , agriculture , water resource management , business , geography , engineering , environmental science , archaeology , ecology , biology
Korea has a long history in rice cultivation and paddy field irrigation. Although Korea has suffered from colonial era and the Korean War during modern history, it has overcome poverty and constructed modernized paddy irrigation systems with information and communication technology (ICT) for achieving rice self‐sufficiency. Government driven policy for agricultural infrastructure construction and large‐scale agricultural land and water development projects has played a great role along with the rapid economic growth to establish nationwide modernized irrigation systems. In this paper, to provide understanding of Korean irrigation and drainage circumstances, irrigation history in Korea is briefly explained and irrigation and drainage status is introduced. ICT applications for agricultural water resources management is explained with advanced technology adaptation examples. Even though Korea is one of the leading countries adapting advanced irrigation technologies, climate change and operation and maintenance issues exist and ICT is utilized to overcome those challenges. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.