6877, published in La Gaceta No. 143 of 29 July 1983, the Servicio Nacional de Aguas Subterráneas, Riego y Avenamiento (SENARA) was created, whose objectives, among others, are to promote the agricultural development of the country, through the establishment and operation of irrigation, drainage, and flood protection systems; to contribute to preferentially developing those agricultural development projects based on a just distribution of land; and to ensure that in the territory benefitted by the creation of irrigation and drainage districts, a rational and democratic modification of land ownership is undertaken.
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