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(Book) Living with Uncertainty
The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management of policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn from all over Af...
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(Book) Bamboo Preservation
This brief looks at some of the options that can be used in bamboo preservation.
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(Book) Beyond Farmer First
The purpose of this book is to reveal how agricultural research and extension, far from being discrete, rational acts, are in fact part of a process of coming to terms with conflicting interests and viewpoints. By going beyond Farmer First, this theoretically informed perspective describes agricultu...
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(Book) Heavenly Food
This book contains a collection of jack fruit processing techniques which help us to enjoy jack dishes in various forms. Besides it also help us to understand the lives of many people.
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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) A Wheel-Manufacturing Technology for Rural Workshops
A small-scale approach to making wheels using a jig
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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) Solar Water Heating
Solar water heaters generally employ a solar collector and a storage tank and provide hot water for washing and heating.
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(Book) Clay Tile Manufacture
A guide to clay tile manufacture, covering tools, factory siting, operations, budgeting and financing the project.
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(Book) Small-scale Soapmaking
Provides instructions on small-scale soap production methods. A practical introduction, with many illustrations, based on the author's experiences in Ghana.
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(Book) Educational Wooden Toys
Drawing and build instructions of an educational wooden toy developed by Tim Godwin, the consultant for the Sri Lankan toy project in establishing the local production of educational pre-school toys. The Threaded Shapes comprise of a circle, triangle and square that can be pushed through the appropr...