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Equity Considerations in Irrigation Design and Inequitable Distribution of Groundwater in LBDC Command

Keywords: Equity, Groundwater, Irrigation, Crop Water Requirement, Rationalization.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 31 ,  Issue 4

Muhammad   Basharat , Ata-Ur-Rehman   Tariq , testy tett  ,

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