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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.
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(Book) Mushroom Production for Sustainable Livelihoods
This manual is a culmination of Practical Action Southern Africa's work in Chakohwa. The project worked with the Chakohwa Community-Based Organisation (CCBO) in Chimanimani District of Manicaland province. The aim of the project was to provide income earning opportunities for HIV and aids orphans an...
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(Book) Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change
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) The Sphere Handbook Ukrainian
The Sphere Handbook presents a principled approach to quality and accountability in humanitarian response. It is a practical translation of Sphere’s core belief that all people affected by disaster or conflict have a right to life with dignity and the right to receive humanitarian assistance. The...
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(Book) Perspectives énergétiques des populations pauvres 2019
Les PPEO 2019 sont l’aboutissement de cinq années de recherches pour explorer par quels moyens donner corps aux types de services énergétiques qui permettraient aux populations pauvres en énergie de prospérer. Le rapport synthétise et met à jour les messages et recommandations clés en matière de pla...
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(Book) Roofing Options: Filler Slabs
Filler slabs, consume less concrete and steel as compared to conventional slabs, due to the use of less-heavy, low-cost filler material such as rejected Calicut tiles, clay pots and broken pieces of cement blocks. This technical brief describe the technology of filler slab.
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(Book) Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Tank
A manual on how to train people in the construction of a ferrocement "pumpkin" water tank.
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(Book) Recycling Used Lead Acid Batteries
Batteries are used whenever electrical energy is needed and are common around the world, but they can be harmful to the environment.
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(Book) Flood Resistant Housing
Bangladesh has regular floods putting people at risk. This brief describes some flood resistant housing options.
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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) Agriculture and the Generation Problem
Despite predictions that they are destined to disappear, smallholder or family farms still number more than 500 million worldwide, and account for 80 percent of the world’s food. However, smallholder farmer populations are ageing, and many of them have no successor. Young rural men and women are tur...
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(Book) Migración forzada, derechos humanos y salud sexual y reproductiva
Natalia Cintra, David Owen, Pia Riggirozzi
Centrado en el desplazamiento forzado de mujeres y niñas venezolanas, este libro examina la dimensión de género y su impacto en el desplazamiento forzado y las formas en las cuales las fallas de los regímenes de protección y su insensibilidad al carácter de género afectan a las mujeres y niñas migra...
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(Book) Stoves for Institutional Kitchens
Institutional stoves are used where large amounts of food need to be cooked. Typical examples are schools, hospitals, prisons and refugee camps.
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(Book) Axial Turbine Guide to Installation
The guide gives the most important process steps for the installation of the Axial Turbine for the generation of hydro power energy.