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Human-Powered Handpumps for Water Lifting
This brief presents an overview of the types of human-powered water lifters available, the applications appropriate to them, and their comparative advantages.
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Seed Multiplication of Improved Open-Pollinated Varieties
Community-based seed multiplication of open-pollinated varieties (OPV) can mitigate against hybrid seed unavailability and its soaring cost thereby increasing access to standard seed for communal areas, especially in drought prone areas.
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Recycling Plastics: Starting a business
An introduction to plastic recycling looking at the reasons for recycling and the practicalities of small-scale businesses.
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Shea Nut Processing
The cultivation, harvesting, processing and products of the shea-tree.
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Diseases and Pests that affect onion cultivation and their management
This technical brief explains about the diseases and pests that affect onion farming and their management and prevention.
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Delivery Model of Wood Gasifier Stoves in Sri Lanka
Instead of burning the fuel-wood with a complete combustion to generate heat directly, a wood gasifier stove, which is also called a Forced Draft Wood Gasifier Stove, follows a two-step process. This two stage process leads to more complete combustion, releasing less smoke and less emission, particu...
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Clay Pot Cooler – Cooling Food Without Electricity
This document has been produced based on the experience of Movement Verein working in Burkina Faso, West Africa on the evaporative cooler for food preservation.
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Quality assurance checklist for house construction in disaster prone areas
This document is intended mostly to help building contractors and site supervisors to maintain reliable standards in order to ensure that the final product would be of durable quality. It is hoped that users of this information will contribute to the construction of houses that will successfully wit...
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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