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(Book) Alternatives to Portland Cement
Cement is an important binding agent in concretes, mortars and renders, and is used for the production of walling blocks and roofing tiles.
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(Book) Drip Irrigation ?System
A drip irrigation system delivers water directly to the root zone of a plant, where it seeps slowly into the soil one drop at a time. This document describes gravity operated drip irrigation system suitable for poor communities and households.
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(Book) Operation and Maintenance of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure
The training module developed for sanitation and hygiene education
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(Book) Passion Fruit Cultivation
Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.
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(Book) Plantation, production and use of biofuels at the community level
Plantation, production and use of bio fuels at the community level is a compilation of the results and processes undertaken in key sections of the project; harnessing bio fuel; plantation, oil expelling, processing and application.
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(Book) Quality assurance checklist (3)
This document is intended to provide basic guidelines to occupants of houses that have been constructed in new resettlements in Sri Lanka. However, the information can also be used in maintaining any domestic building in other tropical regions as well.
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(Book) Sandbar cropping
The document describes pumpkin production in sandbar with the support of SHIREE project namely “Pathways From Poverty Project†in four erosion prone districts of North-west Bangladesh.
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(Book) School Buildings in Developing Countries
Building schools is a significant area of construction activity in many developing countries. This document explains some issues relating to planning and construction at low cost.
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(Book) Seed Fairs
Seed Fairs are specialised markets in villages or communities where seeds are traded. Selling seeds this way ensures they are readily available to local farmers, of a relevant variety and enables knowledge sharing between farmers.
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(Book) Successful Distribution Models for Clean Cookstoves
Drawing on ten case studies in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an expert workshop and a literature review this study outlines key lessons for the establishment of last mile distribution chains for clean cookstoves.
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(Book) Ten Rules for Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective Brick Firing
Rules for brickmakers and field-workers to increase the efficiency of the brick-firing process.
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(Book) Woodworking
Running a successful woodworking enterprise is dependent on many factors, some of which are covered here.
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(Book) How to Build a Solar Oven out of Scraped Materials
This is a brief guide-line on how to build a solar oven - based on experiences with building a homemade solar ovens, at the lowest possible cost, with simple tools and using scraped materials. It is aimed to reduce the need for fire wood and other fuels in refugee camps.
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(Book) Thermal Tests of the 'Solar Oven revision 2'
This report describes the thermal test of the solar oven revision 2 - built in August 2024. The aim is – based on the thermal measurements at the oven – to find out – for a given irradiation - how much the solar oven can rise its temperature T above the temperature of the ambient TAmb. - and how fas...
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(Book) Considerations, design calculations, construction, test and evaluation of a cavity walled solar oven Part 2: Evaluation of insulation materials
This report is Part 2 of- (and an addendum to-) the Part 1 of: “Considerations, design calculations, construction, test and evaluation of a cavity walled solar oven”. Both Part 1 and Part 2 of the report are based on a cavity walled solar oven consisting of two boxes – one within the other – with a...
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(Book) Young and Female
Sharada Srinivasan, Lu Pan, Aprilia Ambarwati
Women’s roles in sustaining and the revival of farming are indispensable. Based on research in Canada, China, India and Indonesia, the book offers a global perspective on young women’s pathways into farming. It responds directly to concerns about the generational sustainability of smallholder farmin...
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(Book) Walk-In Cold Rooms: A Practitioner’s Technical Guide
There are extreme challenges for cold rooms when operating in locations remote from reliable power, away from supply chains, hard to reach for technical support and with a hot climate.This guide consolidates the current state of the art on designing and operating walk-in cold rooms that are well sui...
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(Book) Walk-In Cold Rooms: A Practitioner’s Technical Guide - Summary
There are extreme challenges for cold rooms when operating in locations remote from reliable power, away from supply chains, hard to reach for technical support and with a hot climate.This guide consolidates the current state of the art on designing and operating walk-in cold rooms that are well sui...
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(Book) Growing Mushrooms in buckets
Juliet Millican, Emily Antoniadi, Peruth Mutesi, Luke Manders
A short guide to how to grow edible mushrooms in reusable containers using upcycled plastic containers to produce highly nutritious food in small spaces. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitarian and development workers, sharing s...
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(Book) Construir un jardín en el Techo
Juliet Millican, Ahmed Sourani
This picture-led booklet, made in collaboration with GUPAP in Gaza and Sporos in Greece, explores how to grow Permaculture-inspired gardens on the roof, especially designed for communities. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitaria...