Practical Action Publishing

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  Building Small-Scale Water Harvesting Dams

  North Darfur faces acute deficit in its water. The need for water has forced farmers to try and adapt their practices and conserve more water.

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  Dry Salted Lime Pickle

  Dry salted lime pickles are produced in Asia and Africa, particularly popular in India, Pakistan and North Africa. They are eaten as a condiment. Learn how they are made!

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  Code of Practice for Cost Effective Boreholes

  Code of Practice for Cost Effective Boreholes Technical Brief

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  Clay as a Binder

  Clays are the main binders of earth and are made up of very small mineral particles leached out during the erosion of rock.

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  Carrot Farming

  This technical brief describes how to optimise the farming of carrots with detail on the seasons, sowing, fertiliser and seeding rates.

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  Assessing the Technical Problems of Brick Production

  A guide for brick makers and field workers to help identify technical problems.

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  The INGO Problem

  Deborah Doane

  International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) have emerged over the past few decades as the dominant institution in the civil society ecosystem, garnering a disproportionate amount of both resources and power in the international arena. Local actors continue to be marginalised and largely exc...

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  Reflecting Forewords

  Robert Chambers, Tessa Lewin

  Reflecting Forewords is an unashamedly ambitious book. Full of lessons from the past that are relevant for the future, it is a compilation of inspiring forewords from books written by Robert Chambers; one of the most influential and prolific scholars to write about participation, poverty, and knowle...

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  Energy from the Wind

  Wind turbines can be used for large-scale energy delivery, but can also be highly effective as small-scale remote applications.

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  Biogas

  Biogas is a fuel used for cooking and lighting, made from dung and other organic waste.