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To the Hands of the Poor: Water and Trees

By: Robert Chambers
296 pages
To the Hands of the Poor: Water and Trees
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  • To the Hands of the Poor: Water and Trees ISBN: 9781853390470 Paperback Dec 1989 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 2-3 weeks
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Written for policy-makers, this book confronts the paradox of mass poverty coexisting with vast resource potentials in much of rural India. The authors present evidence that the potentials from groundwater and trees are larger than earlier estimated.

Contents

Part 1 The paradox of poverty: poverty and priorities; the poor and the potentials; who gains and who loses?. Part 2 Lift irrigation and the poor: access to water through groups; access to water through markets; practical policy. Part 3 Trees and the poor: forestry for livelihoods; why small farmers don't plant trees; a new charter for the poor. Part 4 Practical strategy: analysis and action.

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By: Robert Chambers
296 pages
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