ABSTRACT
The livelihood strategies practised by mountain people are an assemblage of adaptations to local environmental conditions, and operate within the social-political structures which determine rights of access, etc. The preceding chapters have outlined these operational frameworks and examined various adaptations to the local conditions, such as terracing, soil management, irrigation and the patterns of control of resource use and access relating to grazing, water and forest. This chapter seeks to give an overview of how the livelihood strategies operate and how the different parts fit together to make an effective whole.
