Practical Action Technical Briefs are a form of technical information for development from the pioneering appropriate technology organization, Practical Action in the UK.
These cover a wide range of information, often relating to village-level industry, commerce and agriculture. These were ported to Appropedia to enable wider sharing.
Contents[edit | edit source]
This resource contains 110 pages.
- Anagi tray dryer (Practical Action Brief)
- Banana beer
- Banana chips
- Beekeeping
- Bicycle Trailers (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Bottle and jar cooling system (Practical Action Brief)
- Bottle washing and steam sterilisation (Practical Action Brief)
- Brown sugar
- Butter making (Practical Action Brief)
- Candlemaking (original)
- Canning of foods (Practical Action Brief)
- Cardamom (Practical Action Brief)
- Cashew nut processing (Practical Action Brief)
- Cinnamon processing
- Cocoa and chocolate (Practical Action Brief)
- Coffee Processing (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Cold storage of fruits and vegetables (Practical Action Brief)
- Community-based animal health care
- Compost bin manufacture (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Conservation of indigenous breeds (Practical Action Brief)
- Coriander (Practical Action Brief)
- Cumin processing (original)
- Dairy processing (Practical Action Brief)
- Diesel Engines (original)
- Drying of apricots (Practical Action Brief)
- Drying of chillies (Practical Action Brief)
- Drying of foods (Practical Action Brief)
- Earthquake-resistant housing (Practical Action Brief)
- Energy from the wind (original)
- Essential oils (Practical Action Brief)
- Food poisoning and its prevention (Practical Action Brief)
- Food processing building design (Practical Action Brief)
- Food processing equipment design (Practical Action Brief)
- Fruit juice processing (Practical Action Brief)
- Fruit leathers (Practical Action Brief)
- Fruit waste utilisation (Practical Action Brief)
- Ginger Processing (Practical Action Brief)
- Gundruk (Practical Action Brief)
- Handpumps
- Home composting (Practical Action Brief)
- Honey Processing (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Hydraulic ram pumps
- Hydraulic ram pumps (original)
- Integrated soil fertility
- Integrated soil fertility (original)
- Kerosene and liquid petroleum gas
- Lime Oil and Juice (Practical Action Brief)
- Lime cordial (Practical Action Brief)
- Lime juice manufacture (Practical Action Brief)
- Lime marmalade (Practical Action Brief)
- Marshmallows (Practical Action Brief)
- Mercury retort (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Methods for testing lime in the field(Practical Action Brief)
- Micro-irrigation
- Microhydro power
- Microhydro power (original)
- Mineral processing (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Mixed Fruit Juice Manufacture (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Mud plasters and renders (Practical Action Brief)
- Natural Dyeing of Textiles (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Oil Extraction (Practical Action Brief)
- Oil Soaked Wood Bearings (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Packaging Foods in Glass (Practical Action Brief)
- Papain Production (Practical Action Brief)
- Passion Fruit Jam (Practical Action Brief)
- Peanut Processing (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Permanent magnet alternator construction
- Pickled Cucumber (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Pickled Papaya (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Pickled dry salted lime (Practical Action Brief)
- Pineapple Peel Vinegar (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Pineapple jam
- Pineapple jam (original)
- Plywood Boats in South India (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Presa de arena
- Processing of Nutmeg and Mace (Practical Action Brief)
- Production of preserved passion fruit juice
- Quality Control (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Rainwater Harvesting (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Recycling organic waste (original)
- Reuse of faeces and urine
- Run-off rainwater harvesting
- Rural lighting
- Rural lighting (original)
- School buildings in developing countries (Practical Action Brief)
- Seed fairs (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Seismic retrofit
- Slow sand filtration water treatment plants
- Small Scale Drying technology (Practical Action Brief)
- Soapmaking (original)
- Solar (PV) water-pumping
- Solar thermal energy
- Solar thermal energy (original)
- Spice Processing (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Sugar Production from Cane Sugar (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Testing methods for pozzolanas (Practical Action Brief)
- The 'A' frame (Practical Action Brief)
- Toddy and Palm Wine (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Tomato semi-processing (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Tray dryers (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Tsetse fly management (Practical Action Brief)
- Turmeric (Practical Action Brief)
- Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine (Practical Action Technical Brief)
- Water Hyacinth
- Water harvesting in Sudan
- Water supplies for food processing
- Windpumps
- Windpumps (original)
- Yoghurt Incubator (Practical Action Brief)
- Yoghurt Production (Practical Action Brief)
External links[edit | edit source]
- Practical Answers - Technical information for development (Practical Action technical brief homepage)