The Kuhls of Kangra: Community-Managed Irrigation in the Western Himalaya
(Part of the Culture, Place, and Nature: Studies in Anthropology and Environment Series)
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In the Kangra Valley of India's western Himalaya, farmers have for centuries relied on community-managed kuhl systems - intricate networks of collectively built and maintained irrigation channels - for their rice and wheat farming. Over the years, earthquakes and floods have repeatedly destroyed villagers' kuhls. More recently, increasing nonfarm employment has drawn labor away from kuhl maintenance and from farming itself. Prevailing theories...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0295984910
ISBN13:9780295984919
Release Date:September 2005
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.21 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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