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In recent years different international aid and lending agencies have laid emphasis on the promotion of decentralized and participatory irrigation water management systems. Likewise, experts participating in international meetings have been discussing ways to involve the users in water management activities as the conclusion had been reached that water management is more efficient when the administration is decentralized and participatory.
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Chambouleyron, J. (1996). Performance Parameters for a Decentralized and Participatory Water Administration. In: Pereira, L.S., Feddes, R.A., Gilley, J.R., Lesaffre, B. (eds) Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture. NATO ASI Series, vol 312. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8700-6_27
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