Industrial, agricultural and household competition
JEDANE, Ethiopia (March 11, 2011)
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Each watershed area underlies competition of different kind of water users: industrial, agricultural and domestic. Next, size of water users is leading to different empowerment (e.g. through financial resources) and unequal water consumption. All stakeholder groups need to be involved into the action for conflict resolution.