Monitoramento da irrigação tradicional na cultura de milho no Vale de Punata (Bolívia).

Abstract

In this research the monitorament of traditional furrow irrigation system’s performance in corn cultivate was realized, in a arid region of the Cochabamba - Bolivian. It was noted that the events and efficiency parameters were influenced not only by the technical factors or spatial and temporal variability in field parameters, but also by the social cultural factors as social organizations, laws and traditional criteria. It was concluded that the traditional operational criterias are determining factors to the irrigation system conditions.