Hill Irrigation Water and Development in Mountain Agriculture

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 accompaned by a detailed bibliography of over 500 entries of literature on the subject.Vincent, Linden is the author of 'Hill Irrigation Water and Development in Mountain Agriculture' with ISBN 9781853391712 and ISBN 1853391719.