Practical Action Publishing
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Indoor Oyster Mushroom Farming
This technical brief details the cultivation of oyster mushrooms from spawning to harvesting. It also discusses oyster mushroom cultivation as an adaptive and crop diversification technique in flood plains to minimize risk of flood and drought to livelihood.
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Spurs and Dykes for Flood Protection
Spurs and dykes are structures that protect river banks and contain flood waters. They can be built by communities using stones and wire.
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Compost Bin Manufacturing
This technical brief describes the process of construction of home composting bins.
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Clove Processing
Cloves are the unopened flower buds of the evergreen tree and are used to flavour foods and drinks. They are also used to produce essential oil used in dentistry and as a cleaning agent in microscopy. The steps in obtaining and processing it are shown here.
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Recycling Used Lead Acid Batteries
Batteries are used whenever electrical energy is needed and are common around the world, but they can be harmful to the environment.
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Pineapple Jam
A guide to making pineapple jam.
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Solar Cooking and Health
Solar cookers are devices that use the energy of solar radiation to cook food. In the rural areas of most developing countries, cooking is usually done on open fires fuelled by wood, but solar cookers are a cleaner and healthier option.
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Manufacturing the Donkey Cart and Ambulance
This manual aims to give useful information to local fabricators and organizations that support them to help them make donkey carts and a donkey cart ambulance.
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Evaluation of the Hoffman Kiln Technology
Evaluation of Hoffmann kiln technology for a low cost solid waste incinerator.
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Water Hyacinth
This document suggests solutions for the control of water hyacinth - biological, physical and chemical - and discusses possible practical applications of the plant.