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  (Book) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies in Bangladesh

  Renewable energy practices in Bangladesh.

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  (Book) Carrot Farming

  This technical brief describes how to optimise the farming of carrots with detail on the seasons, sowing, fertiliser and seeding rates.

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  (Book) How to Build a Small Vertical Shaft Lime Kiln

  An example of a continuous production, mixed feed kiln from Zimbabwe.

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  (Book) Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change

  Henry Bernstein

  Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change by Henry Bernstein is the first volume in the Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies Series by ICAS (Initiatives in Critical Agrarian Studies). It is important to start the series with Henry’s book for at least two reasons: the strategic importance of agrarian politica...

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  (Book) Water reforms and the poor

  This volume consists of two discussion papers that provide insights in addressing pro-poor concerns in water policy.

• (Journal Article) Child-centred methods for school-based WASH interventions: co-creating sanitation research and interventions for and with children

  01.10.2022
  In 2020, the Joint Monitoring Programme of the WHO and UNICEF reported that, although 69 per cent of educational settings had basic improved drinking water, sanitation and hygiene provision lagged behind this figure (UNICEF/WHO, 2020). This shortcoming is pronounced in rural settings, where only 44 per cent of schools have basic sanitation services (improved single-sex operational facilities), and 34 per cent have basic hygiene services (handwashing facilities with soap and water). The picture in South Asia is more encouraging, but subnational data reveals a gap in provision between rural and urban settings, with just over 50 per cent of schools in rural India enjoying basic hygiene facilities, and 62 per cent with basic sanitation provision (ibid: 49).

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  (Book) Sanitation in Humanitarian Settings

  R.A Reed

  In an emergency the collection, treatment and disposal/reuse of human waste is critical to the health, wellbeing and environment of affected populations. Addressing this is difficult and complex requiring an understanding of the technical, social, institutional, political and environmental issues af...

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  (Book) Still Standing?

  Theo Schilderman, Eleanor Parker

  Huge levels of aid are spent on reconstructing housing after disasters. Have these houses withstood the test of time and hazard? Just as important from the point of view of their owners, has the reconstruction process played a part in restoring their livelihoods and social networks? Unfortunately, a...

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  (Book) Small-scale Oilseed Processing

  Discusses refining oilseed on a small-scale; topics include raw materials, health and safety and processing.

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  (Book) Compostaje en la Comunidad

  James Atherton, Jackie Kearney, Paulinho Muzaliwa

  This illustrated guide explores how to establish composting at community scale, to build soil health, cycle 'waste', and grow community cohesion. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitarian and development workers, sharing skills an...

• (Journal Article) Agricultural finance that reaches people facing poverty, gender, and age barriers

  01.03.2022
  A high-tech, high-touch, high-impact (H3) approach to agricultural finance enables expansion of financial service markets to people facing poverty, gender, and age barriers to economic empowerment. This article explains the H3 approach and presents the case of Opportunity International’s Agricultural Finance Programme (AgFinance) in Africa. At the centre of the model are community-based farm advisors, providing high-touch/high-tech training in financial management, good agricultural practices, inclusion, and resilience. They also link farmers to financial service providers, input and equipment suppliers, and markets. In Malawi, where Opportunity has applied this model, outreach was high: 72 per cent of clients were living in extreme poverty, 57 per cent were women and 40 per cent youth. In 2021, the AgFinance programme facilitated loans to 68,262 borrowers with an outstanding balance of US$24.82 m. This outreach and scale demonstrates a market systems model – the H3 approach – with deep outreach at scale.

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  (Book) La Culture du Champignon en Seau

  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) Civil Works Guidelines for Micro Hydropower in Nepal

  A guide to look at the technical aspects including civil works guidelines of designing a micro hydro scheme in Nepal.

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  (Book) Demonstrating evidence on Ecosystem-based Adaptation

  Developing countries depend to a large extent on the ecosystems and the services they provide. Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is emerging as a potential response to climate change and a key pillar for sustainable development. UN Environment Programme under the Regional Portal for the Transfer of T...

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  (Book) Interlocking Brick (CSEB) Production Manual

  Interlocking Bricks (CSEB) are made by mixing Soil, Sand and Cement and compressing it in a machine. It is an Earthquake resistant technology recommended by the government of Nepal. It is fast to build with and on average 25% less cost compared to fired bricks.

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  (Book) The Boulder Concept in Building Walls

  This brief was written BY the Building Advisory Service and Information Network (BASIN) providing information resources on low-cost building technologies.

• (Journal Article) Transgender-inclusive sanitation: insights from South Asia

  01.04.2018
  This paper provides insights from initiatives to include transgender people in sanitation programming in South Asia. Three case studies of recent actions to make sanitation inclusive for transgender people (in India and Nepal) are presented, accompanied by reflections and recommendations to guide future practice. Practitioners are recommended to: engage with transgender people as partners at all stages of an initiative; recognize that the language of gender identity is not fixed, varying across cultures and between generations; and acknowledge that transgender people are not a single homogeneous group but rather have diverse identities, histories, and priorities. The case studies aim to raise awareness of the diversity of transgender identities, exploring the needs and aspirations of transgender women, transgender men, and third gender people in South Asia.

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  (Book) Considerations, design calculations, construction, test and evaluation of a cavity walled solar oven

  Steen Carlsen

  This report investigates the feasibility of designing a dual (i.e. cavity) wall and doubled glazed solar oven, with the aim to raise the operating temperature to as near to 100oC as possible. The present design has aimed to comply with the living conditions in - and to use cheap materials and tools...

• (Journal Article) Sanitation Challenge for Ghana (SC4Gh): motivating local authorities through innovation prizes to achieve SDG6

  01.07.2021
  As part of the UK Government-funded Ideas to Impact programme, the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana (SC4Gh) ran from 2015 to 2019 aiming to incentivize local authorities in Ghana to prioritize resources to improve municipal sanitation services towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. The paper reviews the overall results of the SC4Gh and discusses selected results for the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) involved. The most notable outcome was that MMDAs involved were able to make significant improvements across the sanitation value chain with limited technical support and no upfront external donor funding. Another important outcome was the empowering aspect of the prize process which enabled MMDAs to innovate their plans based upon their own ideas to improve sanitation services. The prize process was an unprecedented opportunity for MMDAs throughout the country to participate in an international programme, resulting in encouraging results particularly from smaller, less well-resourced MMDAs in remote parts of Ghana who secured prizes in both stages of the Challenge.

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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.