Practical Action Publishing
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Dry Stone Causeway
Causeways are a strong, low-cost means of river crossing.
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The Donkey Cart
Dimensions for The Donkey Cart are provided in this engineering drawing.
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Chimney Stoves and Smoke Hoods
Nearly half the world cooks on three-stone fires or basic stoves causing indoor air pollution. This brief looks at ways to reduce the pollution by using chimney stoves and smoke hoods to let the smokey air escape outdoors.
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A Case Study In Lime Production
A case study in lime production, looking at traditional batch techniques in Chenkumbi, Malawi
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Briquette Production Process
This is a poster that illustrates both carbonised and non carbonised briquette production process.
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The Brick Mould
Drawing of a brick mould.
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Biomass as a Solid Fuel
Solid biomass is a source of energy from materials including wood, sawdust, and crop waste, which can be used directly or processed into briquettes and charcoal.
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Bicycle Ambulance
These ambulances have been designed to be used on the terai, the flat marshy lands at the base of the Himalayas.
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Agro-pesticide use in Sri Lanka
This study examines the present situation of pesticide use and the changes and trends over the past ten years with the objective of highlighting the issues that need to be addressed by policies.
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Peasants
Teodor Shanin, Alexander Nikulin, Irina Trotsuk, Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
This book represents two great genres of world literature – a kind of propaedeutic ‘ABC of Cooperation’ and a kind of ‘Cooperative Manifesto’. In these insightful works, written and published a hundred years ago, Chayanov presents a fascinating vision of the struggle of the Russian, and internationa...