Confronts the paradox of mass poverty coexisting with vast resource potentials in rural India, such as the potentials from groundwater and trees, previously underestimated. Combines empirical research with practical political economy.

Robert Chambers
Professor Robert Chambers is a research associate of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, which has been his base since 1969 with periods in other countries. His educational background is in natural sciences, history and public administration. His main administrative and research experience in development has been in East Africa and South Asia. He is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the great surge of interest in the use of Participatory Rural Appraisal around the world. He has been a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies since 1972 and is an author, co editor and contributor of many books.

N Saxena

Tushaar Shah

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Saxena, N. C.

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Agrarian Environments

Identities and Livelihoods

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Rural landscaping

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Agrarian Environments

Cathecting the Natural

Skaria, Ajay

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Fits and misfits over time and space: Technologies and institutions of water development for South Asian agriculture

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Agrarian Environments

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FARM HOUSEHOLD LEVEL PLANNING MODEL FOR AGROFORESTRY IN HARYANA, INDIA

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Agrarian Environments

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Sinha, Aditi

Bawa, Kamaljit S.

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MALLA, Y. B.

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Nature in the Global South

States of nature / states in nature

2003

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Eucalyptus sales by small farmers in eastern Gujarat

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Agrarian Environments

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1998

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Ethics in Agriculture — An African Perspective

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2005

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Land availability and biomass production potential in India

Sudha, P

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Soils, Land and Food

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Household energy and common lands in rural Haryana, India

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Economic Rents and Natural Resources

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2000

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PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED FOREST LANDS: A CASE STUDY IN A HIGH ALTITUDE VILLAGE OF INDIAN HIMALAYA

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Agrarian Environments

Regimes of Control, Strategies of Access

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Colonial Influences on Property, Community, and Land Use in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

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2000

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Assessing Sustainability of Nontimber Forest Product Extractions: How Fire Affects Sustainability

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Famine in the Landscape

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2000

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Agrarian Environments

Pastoralism and Community in Rajasthan

Robbins, Paul

2000

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Institutional Change and Power Asymmetry in the Context of Rural India

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Poverty in Remote Rural Areas in India: A Review of Evidence and Issues

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Carbonising Forest Landscapes? Linking Climate Change Mitigation and Rural Livelihoods

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2003

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Dossier : Des recherches participatives dans la production des savoirs liés à l’environnement – La participation de la société civile à la recherche en matière d’environnement : les citoyens face au double cens caché participatif

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Agrarian Environments

State Power and Agricultural Transformation in Tamil Nadu

Springer, Jenny

2000

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Groundwater and Society

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Chambers, Robert

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Agrarian Environments

State Economic Policies and Changing Regional Landscapes in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, 1818–1947

Rangan, Haripriya

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Applied Agrometeorology

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Agrarian Environments

Environmental Alarm and Institutionalized Conservation in Himachal Pradesh, 1865–1994

Saberwal, Vasant K.

2000

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Climate Change, Livelihood Diversification and Well-Being

Climate Change Impact on Livelihood and Well-Being of Rural Poor

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