Practical Answers
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Water Harvesting in Sudan
In semi-arid zones such as North Darfur where the rainfall is concentrated over short periods of time, various approaches to balancing water demand with supply, such as rain water harvesting, are described in this brief.
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Dead-Level Contours
This brief describes the use of contours and shows how to construct the Manama in-field rainwater harvesting storage facility.
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Methods for Testing Lime in the Field
The acknowledged standard test for available lime is the ASTM Rapid Sugar Test, which uses relatively simple, portable laboratory glassware and common reagents.
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Building Small-Scale Water Harvesting Dams
North Darfur faces acute deficit in its water. The need for water has forced farmers to try and adapt their practices and conserve more water.
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Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine
The Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine is an improvement on standard pit latrines that eliminates flies and odour.
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Low Cost Incinerator Construction Notes
Guide for the construction of a low cost incinerator
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Low-Cost Waste Incinerator Overview
The low-cost waste incinerator (LCI) is a cheap and basic structure which deals with domestic waste. It consists of an inner refractory incinerator surrounded by an outer protective wall made and is made from standard cement blocks, bricks and steel. These drawings give an overview of the various co...
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How to Set up and Manage a Resource Centre
This document focuses on resource centres for health workers. Information is especially important for training health workers helping them to understand the context of their work, follow new approaches, undertake new responsibilities, improve their practice and remind them of basic concepts.
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Evaporative Cooling
Keeping produce fresh with refrigeration methods that require no external power.
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Home Composting Bins
Composting is encouraged as a means of dealing with organic waste and can offer many benefits such as enhanced soil fertility.