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(Book) Tomato Processing
Tomato processing can be an instrumental skill for farmers who want to convert the tomatoes into various other products besides using it as vegetables. This technical brief contains the varieties of ways a farmer can process the tomato into many other products. Tomatoes are known to be the most impo...
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(Book) What is Appropriate Technology?
Technology: choice or compromise?
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(Book) Oil Extraction
Small scale oil extraction from nuts, seeds and fruits, can be used for eating, cosmetics and detergents. It can be a good source of income, once the equipment is invested in up front.
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(Book) Manufacturing the Donkey Cart and Ambulance
This manual aims to give useful information to local fabricators and organizations that support them to help them make donkey carts and a donkey cart ambulance.
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(Book) Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping
The advantages and disadvantages of solar water pumping are outlined in this document.
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(Book) Paying the Price (Summary)
Arabella Fraser, Bethan Emmett
Progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals has fallen far short of the promises made in 2000. At the current rate, all but one of them will certainly be missed. The cost of failure will be high: 45 million more children will die between now and 2015 than would be the case if the world...
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(Book) Axial Turbine Guide to Manufacture
This technical brief presents guidelines for the manufacture of the axial turbine which is used in the generation of hydro powered energy.
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(Book) Foundations Using Dry Rubble Packing Technology
Dry rubble packing can be used for constructing foundations on good soil which has a high bearing capacity. This technical brief describes this technology in detail.
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(Book) Seed Multiplication of Improved Open-Pollinated Varieties
Community-based seed multiplication of open-pollinated varieties (OPV) can mitigate against hybrid seed unavailability and its soaring cost thereby increasing access to standard seed for communal areas, especially in drought prone areas.
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(Book) Insights on Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is emerging as a key approach to climate change and a fundamental pillar for sustainable development. The objective of this summary report is to highlight the lessons learned from the field implementation of ten case studies presented at the regional contest.
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(Book) Real-time Monitoring, Control and Payment Technologies for Mini-grids
This brief discusses the factors of mini-grid economic viability revenue, tariffs and costs - and introduces technologies and approaches for enhancing viability through real-time monitoring, control and payments. It introduces the benefits of integrated monitoring, control and payment systems and pr...
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(Book) Cook Stoves in Sri Lanka
Renewable energy practices in Sri Lanka cook stoves.
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(Book) Serpentine Solar Water Heating: Guidelines for Fabrication
The Serpentine is a solar thermal collector developed as part of a low cost water heating system by the AIDG for households in Xela, Guatemala.
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(Book) Packaging Foods in Glass
This Technical Brief is intended to advise small-scale producers on the methods and equipment needed to package foods in glass jars and bottles.
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(Book) Promoting Local Innovation in Sudan
The aims of this publication are to focus on the collection and classification of Sudanese local innovations using a "bottom-up" approach, to take into account the historical depth and the potential use that may highlight the continuity and changes in local innovations as indicators of society trans...
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(Book) Pepper Processing
Pepper processing looks at the main post harvest activities. These activities include sorting, threshing and drying.
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(Book) Dead-Level Contours
This brief describes the use of contours and shows how to construct the Manama in-field rainwater harvesting storage facility.
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(Book) Basic Beekeeping Manual 1:9
This section of Basic beekeeping describes how to extract quality honey.
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(Book) Training for Transformation V
Training for Transformation is designed to assist workers in the field who are encouraging the development of self-reliant creative communities. The book has as its basic philosophy the belief that we should all participate in making this world a more just place to live in.
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(Book) Home Composting Systems
This technical brief describes about different home composting methods and use of home composting bins in detail.