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Start of scaling up groundwater development

In the seventies, methods were in an early stage.
Keywords were: Donor driven, simple technology and monitoring and reporting on paper.
These tools and avaialble technology where the basis for scaling up groundwater development especially for irrigated agriculture.

Assessment
- Geology
- Use of Aerial photographs

Development
- Focus on shallow wells (up to ten meters), dug wells and springs

- upscaling of groundwater development for irrigated agriculture

Management
- Localized management solutions versus central organized (no policy donor in control)
- Local conflict resolution

Monitoring
- Manual data collection on paper (books)