Practical Answers
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Walls- using interlocking stabilised soil blocks
Soil blocks have distinct advantages over hollow concrete blocks as well as fired bricks. It offers greater structural stability by having "keys" which interlock with other blocks when constructing walls and columns. This technical brief discusses about this technology.
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Manual Drilling Compendium
Manual Drilling Compendium 2015 Technical Guidelines
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Garlic farming
This technical brief describes how to optimise the farming of garlic with particular focus on weed control, irrigation and pests
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Handpump Standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Handpump standardisation is the formal or informal mechanism that governs the varieties of community handpumps used within a particular country. In a handful of countries this also includes stand ard handpump designs. With over a million handpumps in sub Saharan Africa and new installations every da...
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Clay Pot Cooler – Cooling Food Without Electricity
This document has been produced based on the experience of Movement Verein working in Burkina Faso, West Africa on the evaporative cooler for food preservation.
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Compost Toilets
This fact sheet describes a compost toilet that has proved to be most effective in water-logged areas where pit-latrines and septic tanks are inappropriate.
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Cook Stoves in Sri Lanka
Renewable energy practices in Sri Lanka cook stoves.
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Requirement to demand Organic fertilizer Promotion
Requirement to demand: Promoting Organic Fertilizer in Bangladesh, exploring required Knowledge support for major stakeholders in relation to creating a viable business model for OF production and marketing at scale.
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Cook Stoves in Nepal
Renewable energy practices in Nepal
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Stone Arch Bridges - Chapter 2
Design of stone arch bridges.