Pickles of Bangladesh

Shaheda Azami; Mike Battcock

doi:10.3362/9781780442976

Pickles of Bangladesh

Rural manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa

This booklet was the result of a workshop run by the Ahsania Mission. The objective of the workshop was to produce adult literacy booklets that covered practical subjects. This booklet covers how to set up a small business making pickles and drew on the work of Intermediate Technology Bangladesh.

Published: 1996
Pages: 23

eBook: 9781780442976

Paperback: 9781853391286


PREFACE Vll
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
INTRODUCTION xi
One: Rural industrialization
Identifying a strategy for small-scale rural
industrialization 1
The blacksmiths of Manie, Zaire 3
In-house shortcomings restraining informal
industrialization 12
Resource deficiencies which restrain informal
industrialization 15
Rural industrial viability 19
Industrial origins: traditional or implanted? 21
Two: Rural workshops
The comparative viability of urban and rural informal
manufacturing 25
The significance of innovation 31
Sustainability and growth 35
Form of design input required by primary and
secondary workshops 39
The comparative viability of primary and secondary
workshops 46
Categorization of small workshop production in
developing countries 47
Three: Relevance and ignorance
The contribution of the small workshop 52
The relevance of the small workshop within
African development 55
The failure of interventions 60
Perception of success 67
Four: Artisan-orientated intervention
The recognition of indigenous technical'knowledge 77
The control of interventions 81
Respectful collaboration 85
External agents 99
Clients and targets 102
Success indicators 104
Five: The way forward
The manner of interventions 108
Approach to training 114
Implications for intervention agents 120
BIBLIOGRAPHY 127