| Hill Irrigation: Water and Development in Mountain Agriculture UK Edition Contributor(s): Vincent, Linden (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853391719 ISBN-13: 9781853391712 Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Irrigation - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 631.587 |
| LCCN: 95049092 |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 environmentalconstraints 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 accompaned by a detailed bibliography of over 500 entries of literature on the subject. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vincent, Linden: - Linden Vincent is Professor of Irrigation at t he Department of Irrigation and Soil and Water Conservation, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, and was formerly a Research Fellow at t he Overseas Development Institute. |