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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Groenfeldt, David |
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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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Sri Lanka |
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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/10535/8157
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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
common pool resources
agriculture
citizen participatory management
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Abstract:
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"The purpose of this paper is to draw together some of the experience in participatory management which may have relevance for Sri Lanka and to identify areas of research where priority should be given. An underlying assumption is that an informed selection of management alternatives is more likely to yield the desired results than an uninformed selection. There have been many claims made for what participatory management can do, but there has been very little documentation of precisely what participatory management has consisted of in specific cases. In the first section of this paper the management role of farmers is described in seven irrigation systems in seven countries. The second section analyzes these cases, and the third section compares them with the situation in Sri Lanka. The concluding section discusses the kinds of information that are needed for a better understanding of participatory management."
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