Practical Action Publishing
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Understanding Equid Welfare Issues
A comprehensive technical guide to understanding and dealing with equid welfare and health issues from The Brooke
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Basic Beekeeping 1:6
Manual 1:6 looks at how to set up a good apiary
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Evaporative Cooling
Keeping produce fresh with refrigeration methods that require no external power.
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The Boulder Concept in Building Walls
This brief was written BY the Building Advisory Service and Information Network (BASIN) providing information resources on low-cost building technologies.
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Mushroom Growing
Developing commercial cultivation of mushrooms is growing throughout Africa. This brief focuses on this practice in Zimbabwe.
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Solar Drying
Drying using sunshine - a brief description of the basic principles behind it and how to determine the rate of drying.
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Serpentine Solar Water Heating: Guidelines for Fabrication
The Serpentine is a solar thermal collector developed as part of a low cost water heating system by the AIDG for households in Xela, Guatemala.
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Clay Tile Manufacture
A guide to clay tile manufacture, covering tools, factory siting, operations, budgeting and financing the project.
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Wheelbarrow
Engineering drawings detailing how to make a wheelbarrow.
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Health Care Waste Management in Developing Countries
This brief gives an overview on health care waste treatment options focusing on incineration.