Practical Action Publishing
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Roads are not Enough
This book traces the evolution of transport theory and policy and the new 'needs led' approach, with examples from recent studies. The authors suggest areas of intervention to reduce the transport burden on the rural poor.
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Root Crop Processing
Covers the most common processing techniques for the major root crops including potato, cassava, sweet potato, yam and other edible aroid crops. Includes sections on basic food science principles, small-scale processing methods and case studies.
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Roots of Change
The Roots of Change focuses attention on the source of local agrarian change: human creativity and social interaction. Building on the view that these innate human characteristics are central forces in the evolution of local agricultural systems, this volume explores the patterns of farmers' individ...
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Running a Biogas Programme
Describes the designs and uses of biogas plants, with technical appendices, for domestic and community plants. Likely economic and social effects of biogas programmes are described from experience, and advice given in the problems of management.
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Running Water
This second collection of 32 short, highly-illustrated introductions to appropriate water and sanitation technologies and processes complements The Worth of Water. It covers a further range of subjects from water source selection and handpump maintenance to sanitary surveying, hygiene understanding...
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Rural Building Course Volume 1
Contains information on tools, maintenance of tools, rural building materials, rural building products, tables of figures and a glossary.
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Rural Building Course Volume 3
From foundations, walls, doors and windows, to roofs, plaster and render, locks and painting.
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Rural Building Course Volume 4
A training book for drawing techniques related to the subjects covered in the other volumes of the Rural Building Course, and general drawing training.
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Rural Credit
What is - and what should be - the role of rural credit in developing countries? The author steers the reader though this discussion and towards sound practical conclusions, using examples from India, Brazil, Cameroon, Malawi and the Philippines.
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Rural Energy Services
Teresa Anderson, Alison Doig, Dai Rees, Smail Khennas
Rural Energy Services addresses the policy, market and sustainability aspects of defining and selecting technologies that will meet the demands for energy services by rural villages in a sustainable and reliable way. It offers a participative approach to the supply of energy services with a clear em...