Aikin Kogin Kano wanda akafi sanida Kano River Project aiki ne na zamani don haɓaka amfani da ƙasar noma a Arewacin Najeriya. Kogin Kano kuma ana kiransa Kogin Kano a cikin gida.An kadamar da aikin ne don samar da isasun filayen noman rani a yankin a karkashin kulawar Hadejia-Juma’are River Basin Development Authority. An fara shawarar aikin tun cikin shekara ta 1960 bayan bin binciken diddigin amfani da ƙasa da taimakon fasaha daga Hukumar Burtaniya ta Kasashen Waje watau (British Overseas Development Authority "ODA") da USAID. Manyan abokan aikin sun hada da KRP wanda ya kasance Kamfanin Gine-gine na kasar Netherlands (NEDECCO). An fara aikin gadan-gadan bayan yakin basasar Najeriya a ƙarshen shekarun 1960s. Aikin Kogin Kano (KRP) ya hada wuraren ambaliya. na ruwayen da suka hada da Kogin Kano, Kogin Challawa da haɗuwarsu ta cikin Kogin Hadejia da Jama'are. Ana iya kange hanyoyin ambaliyar ruwan ne kadai ta hanyar dbaarun gargajiya kafin gina KRP. Gina manyan madatsun ruwa na Tiga Dam da Challawa Dam da ke sama shi ne ƙashin bayan KRP ci gaban da ya dakatar da ambaliyar.