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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Alwis, Joe |
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Conference:
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Workshop on Participatory Management in Sri Lanka's Irrigation Schemes, International Irrigation Management Institute |
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Location:
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Digana Village via Kandy |
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Conf. Date:
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May 15-17 |
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Date:
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1986 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7908
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Sector:
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Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Region:
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Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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irrigation
water resources
agriculture
legislation
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Abstract:
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"In a social democracy constitutional rights and guarantees are overwhelmingly important in safeguarding the rights of the individual. But theses principles which sustain social democratic systems or even agricultural democracies do not necessarily apply with equal force on an irrigation democracy where a collective right to share a resource base is the primary concern. In conflicts associated with the equitable distribution of a common resource base such as water, rapid interventions and decisions are of prime importance to safeguard the integrity of the system and the mechanisms which ensure equitable distribution. Irrigation legislation cannot bring about farmer participation. It can only spell out the broad framework for such participation and to a limited degree safeguard and facilitate the viability of the organisations to sustain farmer participation."
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