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(Book) Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development
The message of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development is clear: livelihoods approaches are an essential lens on questions of rural development, but these need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy. The book looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of p...
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(Book) An Introduction to Beekeeping
This Technical Brief looks at some of the basic considerations of beekeeping on a small scale, with diagrams illustrating the techniques involved.
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(Book) The Learning Power of Listening
Irene Guijt, Maria Veronica Gottret, Anna Hanchar, Steff Deprez, Rita Muckenhirn
Social change is messy. Poverty and inequality are experienced in a myriad of ways, each person and household with specific opportunities and needs. Working with their inherent complexity requires seeing what is happening at the margins for small groups, as much as what is center stage for the majo...
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(Book) Methods for Testing Lime in the Field
The acknowledged standard test for available lime is the ASTM Rapid Sugar Test, which uses relatively simple, portable laboratory glassware and common reagents.
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(Book) Solar Thermal Energy in Nepal
Renewable energy practices in Nepal
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(Book) Banana Beer
Banana beer is made from bananas, mixed with a cereal flour (often sorghum flour) and fermented to make an alcoholic beverage.
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(Book) Le Manuel Sphère
Le manuel Sphère présente une approche fondée sur des principes de qualité et de redevabilité dans les interventions humanitaires. Il s’agit d’une traduction pratique de la conviction fondamentale de Sphère selon laquelle toutes les personnes touchées par une catastrophe ou un conflit ont le droit d...
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(Book) What Works for Africa's Poorest
David Lawson, David Hulme, Lawrence K. Ado-Kofie
Although great strides have been made, Africa still lags behind other parts of the world in the reduction of poverty. We now know that the poorest people rarely benefit from poverty reduction programmes, and this is especially true in some countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Microfinance programmes, fo...
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(Book) Peasants and the Art of Farming
Peasants and the Art of Farming: A Chayanovian Manifesto focuses on the structure and dynamics of peasant farms and the historically highly variable relations that govern the processes of labour and production within peasant farms. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg argues that peasant agriculture can play an...
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(Book) Solar Distillation
The technical brief contains the information on solar distillation process that provides clean and safe drinking water to people living in areas with less access to it. Solar distillation is the process of removing salts and other impurities using the energy of the sun to get pure water for drinking...
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(Book) Mushroom Growing
Developing commercial cultivation of mushrooms is growing throughout Africa. This brief focuses on this practice in Zimbabwe.
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(Book) Cook Stoves in Nepal
Renewable energy practices in Nepal
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(Book) Wheelbarrow
Engineering drawings detailing how to make a wheelbarrow.
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(Book) Panorama energético de los pobres 2017
El acceso a la energía es la base del desarrollo sostenible, necesario para realizar progresos en la sanidad, educación y empoderamiento de las mujeres, entre otros aspectos. Al reconocer esta importancia, la comunidad internacional añadió en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para 2030 el objet...
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(Book) Aerial Ropeways of Nepal
An introduction to aerial tramway / ropeway transport in Nepal including tuins, a river crossing mechanism. .
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(Book) Shea Nut Processing
The cultivation, harvesting, processing and products of the shea-tree.
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(Book) Podręcznik Sfery
Podręcznik Sfery prezentuje oparte na zasadach podejście do jakości i odpowiedzialności w działaniach humanitarnych. Jest to praktyczne wyjaśnienie głównego założenia Sfery, zgodnie z którym wszystkie osoby, które dotknęła klęska lub konflikt mają prawo do godnego życia i prawo do otrzymania pomocy...
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(Book) Farmer First
Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey, Lori Ann Thrupp
Farmer First presents a new paradigm and methods for agricultural research. Starting with farmers’ own capacity for innovation, contributors from the agricultural and social sciences, ecology, economics and geography make the case for a farmer-first mode to complement the traditional transfer of tec...
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(Book) A Case Study In Lime Production
A case study in lime production, looking at traditional batch techniques in Chenkumbi, Malawi
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(Book) Training Manual for Eco-Toilet Construction
A manual covering the different designs of eco san toilet from Bangladesh.