Hill Irrigation: Water and Development in Mountain Agriculture
- ISBN-10
- 1853391719
- ISBN-13
- 9781853391712
- Category
- Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries
- Pages
- 220
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Intermediate Technology
- Author
- Linden Vincent
Description
Mountain agriculture has attracted attention both for its complex adaptation to particular circumstances, and for its marginality and instability in a changing world. Irrigation plays a range of roles in mountain farming systems and their dynamics or change. Hill Irrigation examines the environmental constraints and socio-economic contexts to successful mountain agriculture, and reviews the policies and technological approaches used to promote irrigation in different mountain regions. This survey is accompanied by a detailed bibliography of over 500 entries of literature on the subject.
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