Agro-mechanical Diffusion in a Backward Region
This exploration of the conditions which characterize the process of a general application of agro-mechanical technology is illustrated through a detailed study of the use of a new agricultural tool in rural India.
Published: 1990
Pages: 100
eBook: 9781780441634
Paperback: 9781853390234
| SECTION 1 Introduction 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising the water 1 | |||
| Distributing the water 2 | |||
| Principle of operation 2 | |||
| SECTION 2 Tools and Materials 5 | |||
| Tools 5 | |||
| Summary of materials 5 | |||
| Materials description 6 | |||
| SECTION 3 Making the Pump 10 | |||
| The pipe 10 | |||
| Cutting the tyre and washers 10 | |||
| Fitting the washers 11 | |||
| Making the handles 13 | |||
| Making the pulley 14 | |||
| Making the pipe-stand and rope-guide 17 | |||
| SECTION 4 Assembling the Pump 19 | |||
| The site 19 | |||
| The poles 19 | |||
| Mounting the pulley and axle 19 | |||
| Mounting the pipe 19 | |||
| Fitting the drum 22 | |||
| Operation 22 | |||
| Maintenance 23 | |||
| SECTION 5 Pump in a Vertical Well 24 | |||
| Installation 24 | |||
| Well protection 25 | |||
| SECTION 6 Cost 27 |
Rakesh Basant
Rakesh Basant has worked as a consultant to the World Bank, Intermediate Technology Development Group, U.K. and the United Nations University Institute of New Technologies, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Current research relates to industrial policy and technological change.
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