Practical Action Publishing

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  Mineral Processing: Milling

  This brief presents the factors to consider when choosing a grinding application and gives an overview of the equipment available.

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  Mud Plasters and Renders

  Mud plasters are used for houses built from mud but can also be used for buildings of stone and fired brick.

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  Natural Dyeing of Textiles

  This fact sheet looks at types of textiles, equipment, dyes and mordants for home dyeing and very small-scale commercial dyeing.

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  Natural resource management and the importance of gender

  Taking into account the different roles and responsibilities of men and women is critical to the sustainable management of natural resources as well as the success of NRM policies and programmes. We need to be aware that NRM programmes may affect women and men differently due to their rights, roles...

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  Pack Transport with Donkeys

  Pack donkeys can be an appropriate solution for transport in remote mountainous regions.

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  Peanut Roaster

  The design and construction of a peanut roaster

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  Preparation of Risk Maps

  This document looks at risk map usage in the emergency preparedness project in Peru, recognising that more comprehensive risk-reduction strategies are constantly emerging.

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  Producer Gas for Power Generation

  Producer gas is formed by the partial oxidation of a carbonaceous material, such as biomass or coal, in a furnace, generator, or 'producer' unit. This fact sheet outlines the method of doing this, and also other factors to consider like availability of resources and resulting pollutants.

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  Productive products with gender-based approach

  Productive products with gender-based approach Toolkit

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  Pumpkin Growing using Sandbar Cropping

  This brief describes a way of growing crops on the sandbars, created by river deposits in Bangladesh, and how this can be used to increase crop production for marginalised famers.