Practical Action Publishing

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  Woodworking

  Running a successful woodworking enterprise is dependent on many factors, some of which are covered here.

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  Ten Rules for Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective Brick Firing

  Rules for brickmakers and field-workers to increase the efficiency of the brick-firing process.

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  Successful Distribution Models for Clean Cookstoves

  Drawing on ten case studies in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an expert workshop and a literature review this study outlines key lessons for the establishment of last mile distribution chains for clean cookstoves.

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  Seed Fairs

  Seed Fairs are specialised markets in villages or communities where seeds are traded. Selling seeds this way ensures they are readily available to local farmers, of a relevant variety and enables knowledge sharing between farmers.

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  Plantation, production and use of biofuels at the community level

  Plantation, production and use of bio fuels at the community level is a compilation of the results and processes undertaken in key sections of the project; harnessing bio fuel; plantation, oil expelling, processing and application.

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  Operation and Maintenance of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure

  The training module developed for sanitation and hygiene education

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  Passion Fruit Cultivation

  Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.

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  Kujenga Bustani Juuya Paa

  Juliet Millican, Ahmed Sourani

  This picture-led booklet, made in collaboration with GUPAP in Gaza and Sporos in Greece, explores how to grow Permaculture-inspired gardens on the roof, especially designed for communities. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitaria...

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  Quality assurance checklist (3)

  This document is intended to provide basic guidelines to occupants of houses that have been constructed in new resettlements in Sri Lanka. However, the information can also be used in maintaining any domestic building in other tropical regions as well.

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  Sandbar cropping

  The document describes pumpkin production in sandbar with the support of SHIREE project namely “Pathways From Poverty Project” in four erosion prone districts of North-west Bangladesh.