According to Wikipedia, Mary Tiffen was a British economic historian, scholar and development professional. She specialised in ancient irrigation systems and African drylands. Background Tiffen was the daughter of Gwendolen and Horace Steele-Perkins, raised in Farnborough, Hampshire. Her father was an RAF officer and worked during WWII in Hong Kong. After WWII, Mary moved to India, and finished her schooling in Devon, and took a history degree at Girton College, Cambridge . She then taught and worked for NGOs, from 1960 accompanying her husband on overseas missions and conducting independent research. Her Doctor of Philosophy was from the London School of Economics .
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Guidelines for the incorporation of health safeguards into irrigation projects through intersectoral cooperation with special reference to the vector-borne diseases. (1989) (19)
The environmental impact of the 1991-92 drought on Zambia (1994) (18)
Land and capital: blind spots in the study of the 'resource-poor' farmer. (1996) (17)
The evolution of agroecological methods and the influence of markets: case studies from Kenya and Nigeria. (2002) (5)
Relationships between age, family size, and progressive farming in Moslem Areas of Northern Nigeria (1973) (5)
Socio-economic parameters in designing small irrigation schemes for small scale farmers. Nyanyadzi case study. Report IV: summary and conclusions on water distribution and farm incomes on the Nyanyadzi Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe. (1990) (4)
Sustainable growth in Machakos (2004) (3)
National Soil and Water Conservation Programme, Sida Evaluation 96/25 (1996) (3)
The enterprising peasant : a study of the agents of, and constraints on, agricultural development in Gombe Emirate, North Eastern State, Nigeria (1972) (2)
Population pressure and food policy: a case study of relationships over six decades in a semi-arid area - Machakos District, Kenya, 1930-90. (1994) (2)
The impact of the 1991-92 drought on environment and people in Zambia. (1995) (2)
Lessons from the Machakos District of Kenya (1998) (1)
Socio economic parameters in designing small irrigation schemes for small scale farmers. Nyanyadzi case study. Report II: net agricultural incomes and plot size. (1990) (1)
Socio-economic parameters in designing small irrigation schemes for small scale farmers. Nyanyadzi case study. Report III: managing water and group activities; implications for scheme design and organisation. (1990) (0)
Management by farmers: design requirements in schemes depending on a variable water supply-the case of Nyanyadzi, Zimbabwe. (1990) (0)
Socio-economic parameters in designing small irrigation schemes for small scale farmers. Nyanyadzi case study. Report I: the effect of drought on water distribution and farm incomes on the Nyanyadzi Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe. (1990) (0)
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