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Irrigated agriculture can be environmentally sustained provided the basic principles of good water management, water conservation, salinity, and erosion control are recognized. This has been practiced in certain regions of the world for over 5,000 years. In addition to the technical side, however, for irrigation to be sustainable, it must be viable socially and economically, as well as environmentally. Institutions must evolve to be compatible with concepts of sustainability if irrigated agriculture is to be successfully practiced in the future.
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Hill, H., Tollefson, L. (1996). Institutional Questions and Social Challenges. 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_4
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