Cassava Processing

This fact sheet describes uses of cassava - a staple crop of particular importance in South America and Africa - how to process it, harvest it and store it.

Civil Society and the War on Terror

Kasturi Sen, Tim Morris

Aggravated poverty and insecurity, the loss of livelihoods, the breakdown of trust and hope – these are some of the consequences of the war on terror. These points were reiterated in a series of workshops organised by INTRAC in 2006-07, and run by southern and northern civil society groups in five r...

Picking up the Pieces

Nick Caistor, Susana Villaran

With the sudden flight of its decade-long dictator Alberto Fujimori in 2001 and the apprehension of his eminence grise Vladimiro Montesinos, Peru has in recent years experienced one of the most dramatic turnarounds of any Latin American country. Picking Up the Pieces: Corruption and Democracy in Per...

Solar Cooking and Health

Solar cookers are devices that use the energy of solar radiation to cook food. In the rural areas of most developing countries, cooking is usually done on open fires fuelled by wood, but solar cookers are a cleaner and healthier option.

How to use the DRYIT Semi-continuous Tray Dryer

A comprehensive guide on how to use this tray dryer - you can dry herbs, fruit, vegetables, and even colouring materials and textiles.

Culture is Our Weapon

Patrick Neate, Damien Platt

Brazil is a conundrum; even as its culture enjoys an ever higher profile in the West, an undeclared, vicious and often ignored drug war is being fought on the streets of its cities' favelas (shanty towns). Culture is Our Weapon: AfroReggae in the Favelas of Rio is a unique and remarkable book. It te...

Water Safety Plans

Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy

This book has been written specifically for practitioners involved in the operation, maintenance and management of piped water distribution systems in urban areas of developing countries. These practitioners include engineers, planners, managers, and water professionals involved in the monitoring, c...

Water Safety Plans - Book 3: Risk Assessment of Contaminant Intrusion into Water Distribution Systems

K Variamoorthy

Book 3 is a manual for using the developed software, IRA-WDS (Improved Risk Assessment for Water Distribution Systems), a geographical information system (GIS) that aids in evaluating the risk of deterioration of the water distribution network of a water supply systems.

Growing Better Cities

Luc J A Mougeot

Growing Better Cities: Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Development

How Small Water Enterprises can Contribute to the Millenium Development Goals

Gordon McGranahan

This book is one of the outputs from a project designed to identify and test out ways of improving the water services delivered to the urban poor through SWEs. As such, it will prove an invaluable resource for water utility managers and policymakers. The book includes accounts of fieldwork undertake...