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This study was initiated to evaluate the performance of Sanka traditional irrigation scheme and Golina small-scale modern irrigation scheme using performance indices. The technical evaluation was made by looking into selected performance indicators such as conveyance efficiency, application efficiency, dependability of irrigation interval and sustainability of irrigated command area. Moreover, availability of institutional and support services were also investigated through a questionnaire administered to beneficiary farmers and other stakeholders. Overall activities in primary data collected included: field observation, interviewing beneficiary farmers, discharge measurements in the canals, determination of moisture contents of the soil before and after irrigation and measurement of depth of water applied to the fields. In addition to primary data, secondary data were collected from the secondary sources. The results obtained showed that the main canal conveyance efficiency obtained on the two schemes, Sanka traditional irrigation and Golina modern irrigation, were 45.1 and 98.2%, respectively. Application efficiency monitored on three farmers ’ far