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''Appropriate Technology Sourcebook reviews over 1,150 of the best books on [[Appropriate technology]]. Most of the books reviewed in the sourcebook are available as a collection in the AT Library on (28) CD-ROM or (4) DVD available for sale from [[Village Earth]] for $500 [http://www.villageearth.org/Publications/ATLibrary/ATLCDR.html]. Most of the literature in the sourcebook is under copyright although some is in the public domain.'' | |||
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== Complete List of Books by Subject in the Sourcebook and the AT Library == | |||
==Complete List of Books by Subject in the Sourcebook and the AT Library == | |||
*[http://www.villageearth.org/pages/Appropriate_Technology/ATSourcebook/listofbooks.php] | *[http://www.villageearth.org/pages/Appropriate_Technology/ATSourcebook/listofbooks.php] | ||
==='''Background Reading'''=== | === '''Background Reading''' === | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology for African Women | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology: Problems and Promises | ||
* The Barefoot | *The Barefoot Book | ||
* Coming Full | *Coming Full Circle | ||
* Design for the | *Design for the Real World | ||
* Experiences in | *Experiences in Appropriate Technology | ||
* High Impact | *High Impact Appropriate Technology Case Studies | ||
* Introduction | *Introduction to Appropriate Technology | ||
* Paper Heroes | *Paper Heroes | ||
* Participatory | *Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Research and Development | ||
* Questioning | *Questioning Development | ||
* Radical | *Radical Technology | ||
* Repairs Reuse | *Repairs Reuse Recycling | ||
* Rural Women | *Rural Women | ||
* Sharing | *Sharing Smaller Pies | ||
* Strategies for | *Strategies for Small Farmer Development Projects | ||
* Technology and | *Technology and Employment in Industry | ||
* Technology for | *Technology for the Masses in Invention Intelligence | ||
* Towards Global | *Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology | ||
* Village | *Village Technology in Eastern Africa | ||
* When Aid is No | *When Aid is No Help | ||
* The World of | *The World of Appropriate Technology | ||
==='''General References'''=== | === '''General References''' === | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology and Research Projects | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology Directory | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology for Rural Development | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Directory | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Review | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology: Directory of Machines Tools Plants Equipment Processes and Industries | ||
* Bibliography | *Bibliography of Appropriate Technology Information for Developing Countries | ||
* The Book of | *The Book of the New Alchemists | ||
* China at Work | *China at Work | ||
* Dick's | *Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes | ||
* Economically | *Economically Appropriate Technologies for Developing Countries | ||
* Fichier | *Fichier Encyclopedique du Development Rural | ||
* Field | *Field Director's Handbook | ||
* Field | *Field Engineering | ||
* The Formula | *The Formula Manual | ||
* Foxfire Book 1 | *Foxfire Book 1 | ||
* Foxfire Book 2 | *Foxfire Book 2 | ||
* Foxfire Book 3 | *Foxfire Book 3 | ||
* Foxfire Book 4 | *Foxfire Book 4 | ||
* Foxfire Book 5 | *Foxfire Book 5 | ||
* Foxfire Book 6 | *Foxfire Book 6 | ||
* A Guide to | *A Guide to Appropriate Technology Institutions | ||
* Guide to | *Guide to Convivial Tools | ||
* Guide to | *Guide to Technology Transfer in East Central and Southern Africa | ||
* How to Build | *How to Build Up a Simple Multidimensional Documentation System on Appropriate Technology | ||
* Intermediate | *Intermediate Technology in Ghana | ||
* Introducing | *Introducing Family Planning in Your Neighborhood | ||
* The Journal of | *The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 1 | ||
* The Journal of | *The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 3 | ||
* The Journal of | *The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 4 | ||
* The Journal of | *The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 5 | ||
* Knots for | *Knots for Mountaineering: Camping Climbing Utility Rescue Etc. | ||
* Liklik Buk | *Liklik Buk | ||
* The Mechanical | *The Mechanical Engineers' Pocket Book | ||
* Mini | *Mini Technology II | ||
* Mini | *Mini Technology | ||
* MINKA | *MINKA | ||
* More Other | *More Other Homes and Garbage | ||
* NonAgricultural | *NonAgricultural Choice of Technology | ||
* One Hundred | *One Hundred Innovations for Development | ||
* People's | *People's Workbook | ||
* Pictorial | *Pictorial Handbook of Technical Devices | ||
* RAINBOOK | *RAINBOOK | ||
* Simple | *Simple Technologies for Rural Women in Bangladesh | ||
* Simple Working | *Simple Working Models of Historic Machines | ||
* Soft Tech | *Soft Tech | ||
* Teknologi | *Teknologi Kampungan | ||
* Tinker Tailor | *Tinker Tailor Technical Change | ||
* Traditional | *Traditional Crafts of Persia | ||
* The Use of the | *The Use of the Radio in Family Planning | ||
* Village | *Village Technology Handbook | ||
* Visual Aids | *Visual Aids Tracing Manual | ||
* World | *World Neighbors in Action | ||
==='''Local Self-Reliance'''=== | === '''Local Self-Reliance''' === | ||
* Alternative | *Alternative Development Strategies and Appropriate Technology | ||
* Another | *Another Development: Approaches and Strategies | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology in Social Context | ||
* The Breakdown | *The Breakdown of Nations | ||
* A Landscape | *A Landscape for Humans | ||
*Learning from China - A Report on Agriculture and the Chinese People's Communes. FAO Study Mission. 1977. Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1977. 92-8521009-0. | *Learning from China - A Report on Agriculture and the Chinese People's Communes. FAO Study Mission. 1977. Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1977. 92-8521009-0. | ||
*Local Responses to Global Problems: A Key to Meeting Basic Human Needs. Stokes, Bruce. 1978. Washingston : Worldwatch Institute, (c) 1978. 0-916468-16-X. | *Local Responses to Global Problems: A Key to Meeting Basic Human Needs. Stokes, Bruce. 1978. Washingston : Worldwatch Institute, (c) 1978. 0-916468-16-X. | ||
*Rural Small-Scale Industry in the People's Republic of China. Perkins, Dwight, et al. 1977. Berkeley : Universit of California Press, (c) 1977. 0-0520-03284. | *Rural Small-Scale Industry in the People's Republic of China. Perkins, Dwight, et al. 1977. Berkeley : Universit of California Press, (c) 1977. 0-0520-03284. | ||
*Small Scale Cement Plants. Sigurdson, Jon. 1977. London : Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., (c) 1977. 0-903031-46-9. | *Small Scale Cement Plants. Sigurdson, Jon. 1977. London : Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., (c) 1977. 0-903031-46-9. | ||
* Soft | *Soft Technologies Hard Choices | ||
* Technologies | *Technologies for Basic Needs | ||
* Technology for | *Technology for Ujamaa Village Development in Tanzania | ||
* Towards | *Towards Village Industry | ||
* 4Wheel Band | *4Wheel Band Saw | ||
* Inch Table Saw | *Inch Table Saw | ||
==='''Workshop'''=== | === '''Workshop''' === | ||
* Amateur's | *Amateur's Workshop | ||
* Basic Machines | *Basic Machines and How They Work | ||
* Bearing Design | *Bearing Design and Fitting | ||
* The Beginner's | *The Beginner's Workshop | ||
* Blacksmithing | *Blacksmithing | ||
* Blacksmithing | *Blacksmithing Welding and Soldering | ||
* A Blacksmith's | *A Blacksmith's Bellows | ||
* DeCristoforo's | *DeCristoforo's Book of Power Tools Both Stationary and Portable | ||
* Electric Motor | *Electric Motor Test and Repair | ||
* Electroplating | *Electroplating for the Amateur | ||
* Equipment for | *Equipment for Rural Workshops Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering1 | ||
* Fabricating | *Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering | ||
* Farm Shop and | *Farm Shop and Equipment | ||
* Foundrywork | *Foundrywork for the Amateur | ||
* Gear Wheels | *Gear Wheels and Gear Cutting | ||
* General Metal | *General Metal Work Sheet Metal Work and Hand Pump Maintenance | ||
* Handtool | *Handtool Handbook for Woodworking | ||
* Hardening and | *Hardening and Tempering Engineers' Tools | ||
* Heavy Duty | *Heavy Duty Drill Press | ||
* How to Make a | *How to Make a Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work | ||
* How to Make | *How to Make Planes Cramps and Vices | ||
* How to Make | *How to Make Twelve Woodworking Tools | ||
* How to Mill on | *How to Mill on a Drill Press | ||
* How to Use | *How to Use Metal Tubing | ||
* How to Work | *How to Work Sheet Metal | ||
* How to Work | *How to Work with Copper Piping | ||
* Lathe Sanders | *Lathe Sanders | ||
* LeJay Manual | *LeJay Manual | ||
* LostWax | *LostWax Casting | ||
* The Making of | *The Making of Tools | ||
* A Manual on | *A Manual on Sharpening Hand Woodworking Tools | ||
* Metal Bending | *Metal Bending Machine | ||
* Metal Turning | *Metal Turning Lathe Built from Stock Parts | ||
* Metallurgy | *Metallurgy | ||
* Metalworking | *Metalworking Handbook | ||
* The Modern | *The Modern Blacksmith | ||
* Motorize Your | *Motorize Your Hacksaw | ||
* A Museum of | *A Museum of Early American Tools | ||
* Oil Drum | *Oil Drum Forges | ||
* Practical | *Practical Blacksmithing | ||
* The Procedure | *The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding | ||
* The Recycling | *The Recycling Use and Repair of Tools | ||
* Scroll Saw | *Scroll Saw | ||
* Sharpening | *Sharpening Small Tools | ||
* Sheet Metal | *Sheet Metal Brake | ||
* Sheet Metal | *Sheet Metal Former | ||
* Shop Tactics | *Shop Tactics | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Foundries for Developing Countries | ||
* Smelting | *Smelting Furnace | ||
* Spring Design | *Spring Design and Calculation | ||
* Stocking Spare | *Stocking Spare Parts for a Small Repair Shop | ||
* Technical | *Technical Drawing | ||
* Technology | *Technology Metal 1 Fundamental Skills | ||
* Three Welding | *Three Welding Jigs | ||
* Tools and How | *Tools and How to Use Them | ||
* Tools and | *Tools and Their Uses | ||
* Try Your Hand | *Try Your Hand at Metal Spinning | ||
* TwoSpeed | *TwoSpeed Bandsaw Cuts Wood and Metal | ||
* The Use of | *The Use of Hand Woodworking Tools | ||
* Welding Craft | *Welding Craft Practices | ||
* Wood Planer | *Wood Planer for $100 | ||
* Workshop | *Workshop Exercises Metal Fundamental Skills | ||
=== '''Agriculture'''=== | === '''Agriculture''' === | ||
* Agricultural | *Agricultural Extension | ||
* Agricultural | *Agricultural Extension: The Training and Visit System | ||
* AgroForestry | *AgroForestry Systems for the Humid Tropics East of the Andes | ||
* An Agromedical | *An Agromedical Approach to Pesticide Management | ||
* Alternative | *Alternative Agriculture | ||
* Animal | *Animal Husbandry in the Tropics | ||
* Approved | *Approved Practices in Soil Conservation | ||
* The Art of the | *The Art of the Informal Agricultural Survey | ||
* As You Sow | *As You Sow | ||
* Backyard | *Backyard Composting | ||
* The Basic Book | *The Basic Book of Organic Gardening | ||
* Basic Soil | *Basic Soil Improvement for Everyone | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #1 The Plant: The Living Plant The Root | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #2 The Plant: The Stems; The Buds; The Leaves | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #3 The Plant: The Flower | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #4 The Soil: How the Soil is Made Up | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #5 The Soil: How to Conserve the Soil | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #6 The Soil: How to Improve the Soil | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #7 Crop Farming | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #8 Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #9 Animal Husbandry: Animal Disease | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #10 The Farm Business Survey | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #11 Cattle Breeding | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #12 Sheep and Goat Breeding | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #13 Keeping Chickens | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #14 Farming with Animal Power | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #15 Cereals | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #16 Roots and Tubers | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #17 Groundnuts | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #18 Bananas | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #19 Market Gardening | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #20 Upland Rice | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #21 Wet Paddy or Swamp Rice | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #22 Cocoa | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #23 Coffee | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #24 The Oil Palm | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #25 The Rubber Tree | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series #26 The Modern Farm Business | ||
* Better Farming | *Better Farming Series # Freshwater Fish Farming | ||
* The Book of | *The Book of Geese | ||
* China: | *China: Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture | ||
* Code of | *Code of Practice for Safe Use of Pesticides | ||
* Composting for | *Composting for the Tropics | ||
* Composting in | *Composting in Tropical Agriculture | ||
* Composting: | *Composting: Sanitary Disposal and Reclamation of Organic Wastes | ||
* Conservation | *Conservation Farming for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics | ||
* The Design and | *The Design and Optimization of Irrigation Distribution Networks | ||
* Environmentally | *Environmentally Sound Small Scale Agricultural Projects | ||
* Farm | *Farm Management Research for Small Farmer Development | ||
* The Farmer's | *The Farmer's Guide | ||
* A Farmer's | *A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice | ||
* Fields and | *Fields and Pastures in Deserts | ||
* Friends of the | *Friends of the Rice Farmer | ||
* Gardening for | *Gardening for Better Nutrition | ||
* Gardening with | *Gardening with the Seasons | ||
* Goat Health | *Goat Health Handbook | ||
* Growing Garden | *Growing Garden Seeds | ||
* Guayule | *Guayule | ||
* Guide for | *Guide for Field Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics | ||
* Guide for | *Guide for Small Holder Coffee Farmers | ||
* Guidelines for | *Guidelines for Watershed Management | ||
* Gully Control | *Gully Control and Reclamation | ||
* Handbook of | *Handbook of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture | ||
* The | *The Homesteader's Handbook for Raising Small Livestock | ||
* How to Grow | *How to Grow More Vegetables | ||
* How to Make | *How to Make Fertilizer | ||
* How to Perform | *How to Perform an Agricultural Experiment | ||
* Hydroponics | *Hydroponics | ||
* Illustrated | *Illustrated Guide to Integrated Pest Management in Rice in Tropical Asia | ||
* Insights of | *Insights of Outstanding Farmers | ||
* Integrated | *Integrated Farm Management | ||
* Integrated | *Integrated Pest Management: A Catalogue of Training and Extension Materials | ||
* Integrated | *Integrated Pest Management | ||
* Intensive | *Intensive Gardening for Profit and Self Sufficiency | ||
* Intercropping | *Intercropping in Tropical Smallholder Agriculture with Special Reference to Wes tAfrica | ||
* Introduction | *Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Practices | ||
* Irrigation | *Irrigation Principles and Practices | ||
* Jojoba and Its | *Jojoba and Its Uses | ||
* Jojoba | *Jojoba Happenings | ||
* Jojoba: A | *Jojoba: A Guide to the Literature | ||
* Keeping | *Keeping Livestock Healthy | ||
* Leucaena Based | *Leucaena Based Farming | ||
* Lost Crops of | *Lost Crops of the Incas | ||
* Managing Pests | *Managing Pests and Pesticides in Small Scale Agriculture | ||
* Manual for | *Manual for Calculation of Check Dams | ||
* More Water for | *More Water for Arid Lands | ||
* The Nursery | *The Nursery Manual | ||
* Operation and | *Operation and Maintenance of Small Irrigation Schemes | ||
* Permaculture | *Permaculture II | ||
* Pigs and | *Pigs and Poultry in the South Pacific | ||
* A Planning | *A Planning Guide for SmallScale Livestock Projects | ||
* Practical | *Practical Poultry Raising | ||
* The Rabbit as | *The Rabbit as a Producer of Meat and Skins in Developing Countries | ||
* Rabbit | *Rabbit Production | ||
* Raising Goats | *Raising Goats for Milk and Meat | ||
* Raising | *Raising Healthy Cattle Under Primitive Conditions | ||
* Raising | *Raising Healthy Goats Under Primitive Conditions | ||
* Raising | *Raising Healthy Pigs Under Primitive Conditions | ||
* Raising | *Raising Healthy Poultry Under Primitive Conditions | ||
* Raising | *Raising Healthy Rabbits Under Primitive Conditions | ||
* Raising | *Raising Poultry the Modern Way | ||
* Raising | *Raising Rabbits | ||
* Raising the | *Raising the Home Duck Flock | ||
* The Samaka | *The Samaka Guide to Homesite Farming | ||
* The | *The self-sufficient Gardener | ||
* Sheep Health | *Sheep Health Handbook | ||
* Simple | *Simple Assessment Techniques for Soil and Water | ||
* Small Farm | *Small Farm Development | ||
* Small Farm | *Small Farm Weed Control | ||
* Small Plastic | *Small Plastic Greenhouses | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Irrigation | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Pig Raising | ||
* Soil | *Soil Conservation | ||
* Soil Tillage | *Soil Tillage in the Tropics and Subtropics | ||
* Soils Crops | *Soils Crops and Fertilizer Use | ||
* Surface | *Surface Irrigation | ||
* Technology | *Technology Applications Gap | ||
* Test the Soil | *Test the Soil First | ||
* Training and | *Training and Visit Extension | ||
* Tropical Feeds | *Tropical Feeds | ||
* Tropical | *Tropical Legumes | ||
* Tropical | *Tropical Vegetables | ||
* Try the Rabbit | *Try the Rabbit | ||
* Two Ears of | *Two Ears of Corn | ||
* Underexploited | *Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value | ||
* Understanding | *Understanding Small Farmers | ||
* Understanding | *Understanding Traditional Agriculture | ||
* The UNICEF | *The UNICEF Home Gardens Handbook | ||
* Vegetable | *Vegetable Production Under Arid and SemiArid Conditions in Tropical Africa | ||
* Vegetable | *Vegetable Seeds for the Tropics | ||
* Vetiver Grass | *Vetiver Grass | ||
* The Water | *The Water Buffalo | ||
* The Winged | *The Winged Bean | ||
=== '''Agricultural Tools'''=== | === '''Agricultural Tools''' === | ||
* Adjustable | *Adjustable Width VDrag Ditcher/Bund Former | ||
* The Agribar | *The Agribar Operator's Manual | ||
* Agricultural | *Agricultural Technology for Developing Nations | ||
* American Farm | *American Farm Tools | ||
* Animal Power | *Animal Power in Farming Systems | ||
* Animal | *Animal Traction in Africa | ||
* Animal | *Animal Traction | ||
* The Animal | *The Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool Carrier | ||
* Animal Drawn | *Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool carriers: Perfected Yet Rejected | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Industrial Technology for Agricultural Machinery and Implements | ||
* Bell Alarms | *Bell Alarms and Sack Hoists in Windmills | ||
* Carts | *Carts | ||
* Cassava | *Cassava Grinder | ||
* Cereal | *Cereal Processing | ||
* Chain Link | *Chain Link Fence Making Machine | ||
* Chitedze | *Chitedze Ridgemaster Toolbar | ||
* Clod Crushers | *Clod Crushers Two Designs | ||
* Dibble Sticks | *Dibble Sticks Donkeys and Diesels | ||
* The Draft | *The Draft Horse Primer | ||
* Eight Simple | *Eight Simple Surveying Levels | ||
* The Employment | *The Employment of Draught Animals in Agriculture | ||
* Farm | *Farm Implements for Arid and Tropical Regions | ||
* A Feeder to | *A Feeder to Improve the Performance of a Hand Operated Groundnut Sheller | ||
* Foot Powered | *Foot Powered Thresher | ||
* Guide Book for | *Guide Book for Rural Cottage and Small and Medium Industries: Paddy Rice Cultivation | ||
* The Handcart | *The Handcart Handbook | ||
* A Hand | *A Hand Operated Bar Mill for Decorticating Sunflower Seed | ||
* A Hand | *A Hand Operated Winnower | ||
* The Harness | *The Harness Maker's Illustrated Manual | ||
* Harnessing and | *Harnessing and Implements for Animal Traction | ||
* The Harnessing | *The Harnessing of Draught Animals | ||
* Harrows | *Harrows | ||
* Horse Drawn | *Horse Drawn Farm Implements | ||
* How to Repair | *How to Repair Briggs and Stratton Engines | ||
* IDC Weeding | *IDC Weeding Attachment for EMCOT Plow | ||
* IDCBornu | *IDCBornu Groundnut Lifter and IT Groundnut Lifter | ||
* Introduction | *Introduction of Animal Powered Cereal Mills | ||
* IT Expandable | *IT Expandable Cultivator | ||
* IT Granule | *IT Granule Applicator | ||
* IT High | *IT High Clearance Rotary Hoe | ||
* Kabanyalo | *Kabanyalo Toolbar | ||
* Lightweight | *Lightweight Seeder/Spreader | ||
* Making Coir | *Making Coir Rope | ||
* Mechanics in | *Mechanics in Agriculture | ||
* MultiAction | *MultiAction Paddy Field Puddling Tool | ||
* Oil Extraction | *Oil Extraction | ||
* Oil Soaked | *Oil Soaked Wood Bearings | ||
* Old Farm Tools | *Old Farm Tools and Machinery | ||
* OxDrawn Tie | *OxDrawn Tie Ridger/Weeder Implement | ||
* A Pedal | *A Pedal Operated Grain Mill | ||
* The Potential | *The Potential for SmallScale Solar Powered Irrigation in Pakistan | ||
* Prototype | *Prototype multipurpose OxDrawn Tool | ||
* The "Rasulia" | *The "Rasulia" Bladed Roller Thresher | ||
* Repair and | *Repair and Maintenance of Stationary Diesel Engines | ||
* Rice: | *Rice: Postharvest Technology | ||
* Root Crop | *Root Crop Processing | ||
* Rotary Corn | *Rotary Corn (Sorghum) Thresher | ||
* Rotary Weeder | *Rotary Weeder for Row Planted Rice | ||
* Rural Africa | *Rural Africa Development Project | ||
* The Scythe | *The Scythe Book | ||
* Seed Dressing | *Seed Dressing Drum (Hand Operated) | ||
* Single Row and | *Single Row and ThreeRow Rice Seeders | ||
* Sled Type | *Sled Type Corrugator Irrigation Furrow Former | ||
* Small Farm | *Small Farm Equipment for Developing Countries | ||
* Small Gas | *Small Gas Engines | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Maize Milling | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Oil Extraction from Groundnuts and Copra | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Processing of Oilfruits and Oilseeds | ||
* SmallScale | *SmallScale Solar Powered Irrigation Pumping Systems | ||
* Solar | *Solar Photovoltaics for Irrigation Water Pumping | ||
* Solar Water | *Solar Water Pumping: A Handbook | ||
* Tools for | *Tools for Agriculture | ||
* Tools for | *Tools for Homesteaders Gardeners and SmallScale Farmers | ||
* Treadle | *Treadle Operated Peanut Thresher | ||
* The | *The Tropicultor's Manual: Field Operations | ||
* The Weeder | *The Weeder Mulcher | ||
* The Winnower | *The Winnower | ||
* Winnowing Fan | *Winnowing Fan | ||
=== '''Crop Preservation'''=== | === '''Crop Preservation''' === | ||
* Appropriate | *Appropriate Technology for Grain Storage | ||
* China: Grain | *China: Grain Storage Structures | ||
* Construction | *Construction of a Brick Hot Air Copra Dryer | ||
* Cookbook for | *Cookbook for Building a Solar Crop Dryer | ||
* Domestic Grain | *Domestic Grain Storage Bins | ||
* Dry It You'll | *Dry It You'll Like It | ||
* Drying and | *Drying and Processing Tree Fruits | ||
* Drying | *Drying Equipment for Cereal Grains and Other Agricultural Produce | ||
* Evaluation of | *Evaluation of the Bissa | ||
* Fish | *Fish Processing | ||
* Food Drying | *Food Drying | ||
* Fruit and | *Fruit and Vegetable Processing | ||
* Guide to the | *Guide to the Manufacture of Metal Bins | ||
* Handling and | *Handling and Storage of Food Grains in Tropical and Subtropical Areas | ||
* Home Scale | *Home Scale Processing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables | ||
* How to Build a | *How to Build a Solar Crop Dryer | ||
* How to Dry | *How to Dry Fruits and Vegetables | ||
* How to Make a | *How to Make a Solar Cabinet Dryer for Agricultural Produce | ||
* How to Salt | *How to Salt Fish | ||
* Manual on | *Manual on Improved Farm and VillageLevel Grain Storage Methods | ||
* Systems | *Systems | ||
* Postharvest | *Postharvest Food Losses in Developing Countries | ||
* Potential of | *Potential of Solar Agricultural Dryers in Developing Areas Preservation of Foods | ||
* Principles of | *Principles of Potato Storage | ||
* Rural Home | *Rural Home Techniques: Food Preservation | ||
* Simple Grain | *Simple Grain Drier | ||
* Small Farm | *Small Farm Grain Storage | ||
* Small-Scale | *Small-Scale Processing of Fish | ||
* Solar Drying: | *Solar Drying: Practical Methods of Food Preservation | ||
* Solar Grain | *Solar Grain Drying | ||
* Stocking Up | *Stocking Up | ||
* Storage | *Storage Management | ||
* Storage of | *Storage of Food Grain | ||
* Storing | *Storing Vegetables and Fruits in Basements Cellars Outbuildings and Pits | ||
* Sun Dry Your | *Sun Dry Your Fruits and Vegetables | ||
* A Survey of | *A Survey of Solar Agricultural Dryers | ||
=== '''Forestry'''=== | === '''Forestry''' === | ||
* Agroforestry | *Agroforestry Species: A Crop Sheets Manual | ||
* Barnacle | *Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide | ||
* The Chainsaw | *The Chainsaw and the Lumbermaker | ||
* China: | *China: Forestry Support for Agriculture | ||
* Constructing | *Constructing and Operating a Small Solar Heated Lumber Dryer | ||
* Crosscut Saw | *Crosscut Saw Manual | ||
* Environmentally | *Environmentally Sound SmallScale Forestry Projects | ||
* Firewood Crops | *Firewood Crops | ||
* Forest Farming | *Forest Farming | ||
* A Forest Tree | *A Forest Tree Seed Directory | ||
* Forestry Case | *Forestry Case Studies | ||
* Forestry for | *Forestry for Local Community Development | ||
* Frame Saw | *Frame Saw Manual | ||
* Land Clearance | *Land Clearance | ||
* Leucaena | *Leucaena | ||
* Make Your Own | *Make Your Own Precision Milled Lumber from Logs and Trees: Alaskan MKII | ||
* Manual of | *Manual of Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines | ||
* Natural | *Natural Durability and Preservation of One Hundred Tropical African Woods | ||
* An Overview of | *An Overview of Possible Uses of Sawdust | ||
* People and | *People and Trees | ||
* Planning for | *Planning for Agroforestry | ||
* Planting Tree | *Planting Tree Crops | ||
* A Pocket | *A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya | ||
* The | *The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees | ||
* Reforestation | *Reforestation in Arid Lands | ||
* Savanna | *Savanna Afforestation in Africa | ||
* ShortRotation | *ShortRotation Forestry | ||
* Small and | *Small and Medium Sawmills in Developing Countries | ||
* Timber Drying | *Timber Drying Manual | ||
* Tree Crops | *Tree Crops | ||
* Tree Planting | *Tree Planting in Africa South of the Sahara | ||
* Wood | *Wood Harvesting with Hand Tools | ||
=== '''Aquaculture'''=== | === '''Aquaculture''' === | ||
* Aquaculture | *Aquaculture Practices in Taiwan: T.P. Chen. Farnham, Surrey, England: Fishing News Books Ltd, (c)1976 | ||
* Artificial | *Artificial Salmon Spawning: William W. Smoker, Curtis L. Kerns. Fairbanks, AK, USA: University of Alaska Sea Grant Program | ||
* Better | *Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Fish | ||
* Better | *Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Pond | ||
* Elementary | *Elementary Guide to Fish Culture in Nepal: Elek Woynarovich. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1975 | ||
* Fish Catching | *Fish Catching Methods of the World: Andres von Brandt. Farnham, Surrey, England: Fishing News Books Ltd, (c) 1964 | ||
* Fish Culture | *Fish Culture in Central East Africa: A. Maar, M.A.E. Mortimer, I. Van der Lingen. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1966 | ||
* Fishing with | *Fishing with Bottom Gillnets | ||
* Freshwater | *Freshwater Fish Farming: How to | ||
* Freshwater | *Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management: Marilyn Chakroff. Arlington, VA, USA: VITA/Peace Corps, (c) 1976 | ||
* [[Freshwater | *[[Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture in China]] | ||
* [[Making Aquatic | *[[Making Aquatic Weeds Useful]] | ||
* Pair Trawling | *Pair Trawling with Small Boats | ||
* [[Practical | *[[Practical Shellfish Farming]] | ||
* [[Profitable | *[[Profitable Cage Culture]] | ||
* [[Raising Fresh | *[[Raising Fresh Fish in Your Home Waters]] | ||
* Salmon | *Salmon Rancher's Manual | ||
* Tropical | *Tropical Oysters | ||
=== '''Water Supply: Background'''=== | === '''Water Supply: Background''' === | ||
* Environmentally | *Environmentally Sound Small-ScaLe Water Projects | ||
* Guidelines on | *Guidelines on Health Aspects of Plumbing | ||
* Water for the | *Water for the Thousand Millions | ||
* Hand Pump | *Hand Pump Maintenance in the Context of Community Well Projects | ||
* Programmes | *Programmes | ||
* Rainwater | *Rainwater Harvesting | ||
* Using Water | *Using Water Resources | ||
* Design | *Design Problems for a Simple Rural Supply System | ||
* Gravity Flow | *Gravity Flow Water Systems | ||
* Hand Drilled | *Hand Drilled Wells | ||
* Hand Dug Wells | *Hand Dug Wells and Their Construction | ||
* A Handbook of | *A Handbook of Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities | ||
* Manual for | *Manual for Rural Water Supply | ||
* Manual for | *Manual for Water Systems and Pipe Work | ||
* Public | *Public Standpost Water Supplies | ||
* Public | *Public Standpost Water Supplies: A Design Manual | ||
* Rainwater | *Rainwater Harvesting for Domestic Water Supply in Developing Countries | ||
* Residential | *Residential and non-residential Drinking Water Installations and Drainage Requirements in Buildings in Nepal | ||
* Rural Water | *Rural Water Supply in China | ||
* Rural Water | *Rural Water Supply in Developing Countries | ||
* Rural Water | *Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Concrete | ||
* Rural Water | *Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Construction Design Course | ||
* Rural Water | *Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Hydrology and Water Cycle | ||
* Rural Water | *Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Pipes and Fittings | ||
* Rural Water | *Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Stone Masonry | ||
* self-help | *self-help Wells | ||
* Small | *Small Community Water Supplies | ||
* Village Water | *Village Water Systems | ||
* Water Supply | *Water Supply for Rural Areas and Small Communities | ||
* Water Wells | *Water Wells Manual | ||
* Well | *Well Construction Using Curved Hollow Block | ||
* Wells | *Wells Construction: handgun and HandDrilled | ||
=== '''Water Supply: Pumps'''=== | === '''Water Supply: Pumps''' === | ||
* Chinese Chain | *Chinese Chain and Washer Pumps | ||
* Community | *Community Water Supply: The Handpump Option | ||
* A Comparative | *A Comparative Assessment of Photovoltaics Handpumps and Diesels for Rural Water Supply | ||
* The | *The Construction of a Hydraulic Ram Pump | ||
* Hand Pumps for | *Hand Pumps for Use in Drinking Water Supplies in Developing Countries | ||
* Handpumps | *Handpumps Testing and Development: Proceedings of a Workshop in China | ||
* Handpumps | *Handpumps Testing and Development: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Testing | ||
* Hydraulic | *Hydraulic Rams3 | ||
* Hydraulic | *Hydraulic Rams: Consumer's Guide | ||
* Laboratory | *Laboratory Testing of Handpumps for Developing Countries | ||
* Manual of | *Manual of Information: RIFE Hydraulic Rams | ||
* A Manual on | *A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram Pump for Pumping Water | ||
* Popular | *Popular Mechanics Hydraulic Ram0 | ||
* Pump Selection | *Pump Selection Pumps and Water Lifters for Rural Development | ||
* The Rower Pump | *The Rower Pump | ||
* Use of | *Use of Hydraulic Rams in Nepal | ||
* Village | *Village Hand-pump Technology | ||
* Water Current | *Water Current Turbines | ||
* Water-Pumping | *Water-Pumping Devices | ||
* Women and the | *Women and the Transport of Water | ||
=== '''Water Supply: Tanks'''=== | === '''Water Supply: Tanks''' === | ||
* Ferrocement | *Ferrocement Water Tanks and Their Construction | ||
* Construction | *Construction Manual for 3500 gal. Ferrocement Water Tank | ||
* Bamboo | *Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Rainwater Collection Tanks | ||
* From Ferro to | *From Ferro to Bamboo | ||
=== '''Water Supply: Treatment'''=== | === '''Water Supply: Treatment''' === | ||
* How to Make a | *How to Make a Solar Still (Plastic Covered) | ||
* Installation | *Installation of a Solar Distillation Plant on Ile de la Gonave Haiti | ||
* Plans for a | *Plans for a Glass and Concrete Solar Still | ||
* The | *The Purification of Water on a Small Scale | ||
* Simple Solar | *Simple Solar Still for the Production of Distilled Water | ||
* Simplified | *Simplified Procedures for Water Examination | ||
* Slow Sand | *Slow Sand Filtration for Community Water Supply in Developing Countries | ||
* Design and | *Design and Construction Manual | ||
* Construction | *Construction Operation and Maintenance | ||
* Slow Sand | *Slow Sand Filtration | ||
* Solar | *Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Oral Rehydration Solutions | ||
* Solar | *Solar Distillation as a Means of Meeting Small Scale Water Demands | ||
* Water | *Water Treatment and Sanitation | ||
=== '''Water Supply: Sanitation'''=== | === '''Water Supply: Sanitation''' === | ||
* A.T. for Water | *A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sanitation Alternatives for LowIncome Communities4 | ||
* A.T. for Water | *A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Technical and Economic Options | ||
* A.T. for Water | *A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: A Planner's Guide | ||
* A.T. for Water | *A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Health Aspects of Excreta and Sullage Management | ||
* A.T. for Water | *A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: LowCost Technology Options for Sanitation | ||
* A.T. for Water | *A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sociocultural Aspects of Water Supply and Excreta Disposal | ||
* A.T. for Water | *A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Night Soil Composting | ||
* Aquaculture: A | *Aquaculture: A Component of Low Cost Sanitation Technology | ||
* The | *The CoComposting of Domestic Solid and Human Wastes | ||
* Compost | *Compost Toilets | ||
* The Design of | *The Design of Small Bore Sewer Systems | ||
* The Design of | *The Design of Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines | ||
* Double Vault | *Double Vault Composting Toilets | ||
* Dry Composting | *Dry Composting Latrines in Guatemala | ||
* Excreta | *Excreta Disposal for Rural Areas and Small Communities | ||
* Goodbye to the | *Goodbye to the Flush Toilet | ||
* How to Build a | *How to Build a Pit Latrine | ||
* Human Faeces | *Human Faeces Urine and Their Utilization | ||
* Manual on the | *Manual on the Design Construction and Maintenance of Low Cost PourFlush Waterseal Latrines in India | ||
* Natural Sewage | *Natural Sewage Recycling Systems | ||
* Sanitation | *Sanitation Handbook (Nepal) | ||
* Sanitation in | *Sanitation in Developing Countries | ||
* Sanitation | *Sanitation Without Water | ||
* Septic Tank | *Septic Tank Practices | ||
* Ventilated | *Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines | ||
=== '''Water Supply: Solid Waste'''=== | === '''Water Supply: Solid Waste''' === | ||
* Wastewater | *Wastewater Irrigation in Developing Countries | ||
* Management of | *Management of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries | ||
* Recycling from | *Recycling from Municipal Refuse | ||
* Residential | *Residential Water ReUse | ||
=== '''Energy: General'''=== | === '''Energy: General''' === | ||
* Design for a | *Design for a PedalDriven Power Unit for Transport and Machine Uses in Developing Countries | ||
* The Economics | *The Economics of Renewable Energy Systems for Developing Countries | ||
* Energy for | *Energy for Rural Development (Supplement) | ||
* Energy for | *Energy for Rural Development | ||
* Energy: The | *Energy: The Solar Prospect | ||
* Food or Fuel | *Food or Fuel | ||
* Foot Power | *Foot Power | ||
* Fuel Alcohol | *Fuel Alcohol Production | ||
* Fuel from | *Fuel from Farms | ||
* Gemini | *Gemini Synchronous Inverter Systems | ||
* The Haybox | *The Haybox | ||
* The Heat | *The Heat Generator | ||
* Hot Water | *Hot Water | ||
* Independent | *Independent Energy | ||
* Manege: | *Manege: AnimalDriven Power Gear | ||
* Model Boilers | *Model Boilers and Boilermaking | ||
* Model | *Model Stationary and Marine Steam Engines | ||
* Pedal Power: | *Pedal Power: In Work Leisure and Transportation | ||
* The Planning | *The Planning Installation and Maintenance of LowVoltage Rural Electrification Systems and Subsystems | ||
* The Power | *The Power Guide | ||
* Proceedings of | *Proceedings of the Meeting of the Expert Working Group on the Use of Solar and Wind Energy | ||
* Rays of Hope | *Rays of Hope | ||
* Renewable | *Renewable Energy Research in India?Renewable Energy Resources and Rural Applications in the Developing World | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Renewable Energy Resources and Locally Feasible Technology in Nepal | ||
* The Solar | *The Solar Energy Timetable | ||
* Steam Power | *Steam Power | ||
* The Use of | *The Use of Pedal Power for Agriculture and Transport in Developing Countries | ||
=== '''Energy: Cookstoves'''=== | === '''Energy: Cookstoves''' === | ||
* Brief Notes on | *Brief Notes on the Design and Construction of Wood-burning Cook-stoves | ||
* Burning Issues | *Burning Issues | ||
* Charcoal | *Charcoal Making for Small Scale Enterprises | ||
* Charcoal | *Charcoal Production Using a Transportable Metal Kiln | ||
* Comparing | *Comparing Simple Charcoal Production Technologies for the Caribbean | ||
* Comparison of | *Comparison of Improved Stoves | ||
* The Complete | *The Complete Book of Heating with Wood | ||
* The | *The Construction Installation and Operation of an Improved Pit-Kiln for Charcoal Production | ||
* The | *The Construction of a Transportable Charcoal Kiln | ||
* A Cooking | *A Cooking Place for Large-Sized Pots | ||
* Cook-stove | *Cook-stove Construction by the TerraCETA Method | ||
* Designing a | *Designing a Test Procedure for Domestic Wood-burning Stoves | ||
* Double Drum | *Double Drum Sawdust Stove | ||
* From Lorena to | *From Lorena to a Mountain of Fire | ||
* Guidelines on | *Guidelines on Evaluating the Fuel Consumption of Improved Cookstoves | ||
* Helping People | *Helping People in Poor Countries Develop FuelSaving Cookstoves | ||
* How to Build | *How to Build an Oil Barrel Stove | ||
* Improved Wood | *Improved Wood Waste and Charcoal Burning Stoves | ||
* The Kenya | *The Kenya Ceramic Jiko | ||
* Lab Tests of | *Lab Tests of Fired Clay Stoves the Economics of Improved Stoves and Steady State Heat Loss from Massive Stoves | ||
* Laboratory and | *Laboratory and Field Testing of Monolithic Mud Stoves | ||
* Less Smoky | *Less Smoky Rooms | ||
* Lorena | *Lorena OwnerBuilt Stoves | ||
* Modern Stoves | *Modern Stoves for All | ||
* New Nepali | *New Nepali Cooking Stoves | ||
* One Pot Two | *One Pot Two Pot...Jackpot | ||
* Report on | *Report on Training of District Extensionists | ||
* Rice Husk | *Rice Husk Conversion to Energy | ||
* Rice Husks as | *Rice Husks as a Fuel | ||
* SawdustBurning | *SawdustBurning Space Heater Stove | ||
* The | *The SocioEconomic Context of Fuelwood Use in Small Communities | ||
* Splitting | *Splitting Firewood | ||
* Technology | *Technology Markets and People | ||
* Testing the | *Testing the Efficiency of WoodBurning Cookstoves | ||
* Testing Timber | *Testing Timber for Moisture Content | ||
* Wood | *Wood Conserving Cook Stoves Bibliography | ||
* Wood | *Wood Conserving Cook Stoves: A Design Guide | ||
* A Woodstove | *A Woodstove Compendium | ||
=== '''Energy: Wind'''=== | === '''Energy: Wind''' === | ||
* Aspects of | *Aspects of Irrigation with Windmills | ||
* Considerations | *Considerations for the Use of Wind Power for Borehole Pumping | ||
* Construction | *Construction Manual for PU350 and PU500 Windmills | ||
* Construction | *Construction Manual for a Cretan Windmill | ||
* Electric Power | *Electric Power from the Wind | ||
* Energy from | *Energy from the Wind | ||
* Food from | *Food from Windmills | ||
* The Gaudgaon | *The Gaudgaon Village Sailwing Windmill | ||
* The Homebuilt | *The Homebuilt WindGenerated Electricity Handbook | ||
* Homemade 6Volt | *Homemade 6Volt WindElectric Plants | ||
* The Homemade | *The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska | ||
* Horizontal | *Horizontal Axis Fast Running Wind Turbines for Developing Countries | ||
* How to Build a | *How to Build a "Cretan Sail" Windpump for Use in LowSpeed Wind Conditions | ||
* How to | *How to Construct a Cheap Wind Machine for Pumping Water | ||
* Low Cost Wind | *Low Cost Wind Speed Indicator | ||
* LowCost | *LowCost Windmill for Developing Nations | ||
* Matching of | *Matching of Wind Rotors to Low Power Electrical Generators | ||
* Optimization | *Optimization and Characteristics of a Sailwing Windmill Rotor | ||
* Performance | *Performance Test of a Savonius Rotor | ||
* Piston Water | *Piston Water Pump | ||
* Report on the | *Report on the Practical Application of WindPowered Pumps | ||
* Rotor Design | *Rotor Design for Horizontal Axis Windmills | ||
* Sahores | *Sahores Windmill Pump | ||
* Savonius Rotor | *Savonius Rotor Construction | ||
* Selecting | *Selecting Water Pumping Windmills | ||
* Set of | *Set of Construction Drawings for PU350 and PU500 Windmills | ||
* Simplified | *Simplified Wind Power Systems for Experimenters | ||
* A Siting | *A Siting Handbook for Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems | ||
* A Survey of | *A Survey of the Possible Use of Windpower in Thailand and the Philippines | ||
* Syllabus for | *Syllabus for Irrigation with Windmills | ||
* Technical | *Technical Report | ||
* Trees as an | *Trees as an Indicator of Wind Power Potential | ||
* Un Molino de | *Un Molino de Viento Tropical Gaviotas | ||
* Vegetation as | *Vegetation as an Indicator of High Wind Velocity | ||
* Vertical Axis | *Vertical Axis Sail Windmill Plans | ||
* The Wind Power | *The Wind Power Book | ||
* Wind Power for | *Wind Power for Farms Homes and Small Industry | ||
* Windpower in | *Windpower in Eastern Crete | ||
* Windpumping | *Windpumping Handbook | ||
* Windpumping: A | *Windpumping: A Handbook | ||
* Windpumps for | *Windpumps for Irrigation | ||
=== '''Energy: Water'''=== | === '''Energy: Water''' === | ||
* The Banki | *The Banki Water Turbine | ||
* Cost Reduction | *Cost Reduction Considerations in Small Hydropower Equipment | ||
* A Design | *A Design Manual for Water Wheels | ||
* Design of | *Design of CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T2 | ||
* Design of | *Design of CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T3 | ||
* Design of | *Design of Small Water Storage and Erosion Control Dams | ||
* Design of | *Design of Small Water Turbines for Farms and Small Communities | ||
* The Dhading | *The Dhading MicroHydropower Plant: | ||
* Directory of | *Directory of Manufacturers of Small Hydropower Equipment | ||
* Harnessing | *Harnessing Water Power for Home Energy | ||
* Hints on the | *Hints on the Development of Small WaterPower | ||
* Hydropower | *Hydropower | ||
* Industrial | *Industrial Archaeology of Watermills and Waterpower | ||
* Local | *Local Experience with MicroHydro Technology | ||
* LowCost | *LowCost Development of Small Water Power Sites | ||
* Manual for the | *Manual for the Design of a Simple Mechanical WaterHydraulic Speed Governor | ||
* Micro Hydro | *Micro Hydro Electric Power | ||
* Micro Pelton | *Micro Pelton Turbines | ||
* MicroHydro | *MicroHydro Power: Reviewing an Old Concept | ||
* MicroHydro: | *MicroHydro: Civil Engineering Aspects | ||
* MicroHydropower | *MicroHydropower Schemes in Pakistan | ||
* MicroHydropower | *MicroHydropower Sourcebook | ||
* Microhydropower | *Microhydropower Handbook Volume 233 | ||
* Microhydropower | *Microhydropower Handbook Volume 234 | ||
* Mill Drawings | *Mill Drawings | ||
* Mini Hydro | *Mini Hydro Power Stations | ||
* MultiPurpose | *MultiPurpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Basic Information | ||
* MultiPurpose | *MultiPurpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Operation and Maintenance Manual | ||
* Nepal: Private | *Nepal: Private Sector Approach to Implementing MicroHydropower Schemes | ||
* On Watermills | *On Watermills in Central Crete | ||
* Overshot and | *Overshot and Current Water Wheels | ||
* A Pelton | *A Pelton MicroHydro Prototype Design | ||
* The Segner | *The Segner Turbine | ||
* Small Earth | *Small Earth Dams | ||
* Small | *Small Hydroelectric Powerplants | ||
* Small | *Small Hydropower for Asian Rural Development | ||
* Small Michell | *Small Michell (Banki) Turbine | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Hydropower Technologies | ||
* Water Power | *Water Power for the Farm | ||
* Watermills | *Watermills with Horizontal Wheels | ||
* Young | *Young MillWright and Miller's Guide | ||
* Your Own Water | *Your Own Water Power Plant | ||
=== '''Energy: Solar''' === | === '''Energy: Solar''' === | ||
| Line 1,495: | Line 1,491: | ||
*Window Box Solar Collector Design: Nebraska USA: Small Farm Energy Project, (c). | *Window Box Solar Collector Design: Nebraska USA: Small Farm Energy Project, (c). | ||
=== '''Energy: Biogas''' === | === '''Energy: Biogas''' === | ||
*The Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Wastes to Produce Methane: Gregg Shadduck, James A. Moore. Minnesota USA: University of Minnesota, (c) 1975. | *The Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Wastes to Produce Methane: Gregg Shadduck, James A. Moore. Minnesota USA: University of Minnesota, (c) 1975. | ||
| Line 1,523: | Line 1,519: | ||
*Running a Biogas Programme: David Fulford. London, U.K: Intermediate Technology Publications,(c) 1988. | *Running a Biogas Programme: David Fulford. London, U.K: Intermediate Technology Publications,(c) 1988. | ||
=== '''Housing and Construction'''=== | === '''Housing and Construction''' === | ||
*Adobe as a Socially Appropriate Technology for the Southwest(Solar-Adobe Sundwellings):John Timothy Mackey. Washington, USA: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, January,1980. | |||
* Adobe | *Adobe Craft Manual : Karl V Schultz. California, USA: Adobe Craft, (c) 1983. | ||
* | *Appropriate Building Materials | ||
* | *Bamboo as a Building Material | ||
* | *Bambu—Su Cultivo y Aplicaciones | ||
* | *The Book of Bamboo | ||
* | *Brickmaking in Developing Countries | ||
* | *Build a Yurt | ||
* | *Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: A Guide for Improved Masonry and Timber Connections in Buildings | ||
* Building | *Building with Earth | ||
* | *Chawama SelfHelp Housing Project | ||
* | *Comparison of Alternative Design Wheelbarrows for Haulage in Civil Construction Tasks | ||
* | *Construction of Trail Suspended Bridges in Nepal | ||
* Construction | *Construction Reference Manual | ||
* | *Construire en Terre | ||
* | *Earth for Homes | ||
* Earth | *Earth Sheltered Housing Design | ||
* | *Farm Structures in Tropical Climates | ||
* | *Ferrocement a Versatile Construction Material | ||
* Ferrocement | *Ferrocement: Applications in Developing Countries | ||
* | *The $50 and Up Underground House Book | ||
* | *Fireplaces | ||
* | *Grasses—Their Use in Building | ||
* | *Handbook for Building Homes of Earth | ||
* | *House Form and Culture | ||
* | *Housing by People | ||
* Housing | *How to Build a House Using SelfHelp Housing Techniques | ||
* | *The Kenyan Low Cost Modular Timber Bridge | ||
* | *La CETARam | ||
* | *LowCost Country Home Building | ||
* LowCost | *LowCost Housing: Prefabricated Panel System | ||
* | *Making Building Blocks with the ClNVARam Block Press | ||
* Making | *Making the Adobe Brick | ||
* | *Manual for Building a Rammed Earth Wall | ||
* Manual | *A Manual of Building Construction | ||
* | *Manual of Rural Wood Preservation | ||
* Manual | *Manual para la Construccion de la CETARam | ||
* | *Mud Brick Roofs | ||
* Mud | *Mud Mud | ||
* | *Nuevas Tecnicas de Construccion con Bambu | ||
* | *00 to 3000 Capacity Brick Kiln | ||
* | *The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry | ||
* The Owner | *The Owner Built Home | ||
* The Owner | *The Owner Built Homestead | ||
* | *Painting Inside and Out | ||
* | *Plastic Sheeting | ||
* | *Pole Buildings in Papua New Guinea | ||
* | *Popular Manual for Wooden House Construction | ||
* | *Rice Husk Ash Cement | ||
* | *Roof Constructions for Housing in Developing Countries | ||
* | *Roofing in Developing Countries | ||
* | *Rural Building: Basic Knowledge | ||
* Rural | *Rural Building: Construction | ||
* Rural | *Rural Building: Drawing Book | ||
* Rural | *Rural Building: Reference Book | ||
* | *Selection of Materials for Burnt Clay Brick Manufacture | ||
* | *SelfHelp Construction of lStory Buildings | ||
* SelfHelp | *SelfHelp Practices in Housing | ||
* | *A Series of Articles on the Use of Bamboo in Building Construction | ||
* | *Shaft Lime Kiln | ||
* | *Shelter | ||
* Shelter | *Shelter II | ||
* | *Simple Bridge Structures | ||
* | *Small Scale Brickmaking | ||
* | *Smal lScale Lime Burning | ||
* | *Small Scale Manufacture of Burned Building Brick | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Production of Cementitious Materials | ||
* | *Soil Block Presses | ||
* Soil | *Soil Cement | ||
* | *Standard Trail Suspended and Suspension Bridges | ||
* | *Thatching | ||
* | *The Timber Framing Book | ||
* | *Traditional Bridges of Papua New Guinea | ||
* Traditional | *Traditional Suspension Bridges in Taplejung District | ||
* | *The Use of Bamboo and Reeds in Building Construction | ||
* The Use of | *The Use of Wheelbarrows in Civil Construction | ||
* | *When You Build a House | ||
* | *Wood Handbook | ||
* Wood | *Wood Frame House Construction | ||
* | *Wooden Bridges | ||
* | *The Yurt | ||
=== '''Transportation''' === | |||
*Appropriate Industrial Technology for Low Cost Transport for Rural Areas | |||
* | *A.T. in Rural Development: Vehicles Designed for On and Off Farm Operations | ||
* | *Automotive Operation and Maintenance | ||
* | *The Backyard Mechanic Volume 1 | ||
* The Backyard | *The Backyard Mechanic Volume 2 | ||
* The Backyard | *The Backyard Mechanic Volume 3 | ||
* | *Better Tools for the Job | ||
* | *The Bicycle Builder's Bible | ||
* | *Bicycle Resource Guide | ||
* | *Bicycles and Tricycles | ||
* Bicycles | *Bicycles: A Case Study of Indian Experience | ||
* | *Bicycling Science | ||
* | *Boatbuilding Manual | ||
* | *Boats from Ferrocement | ||
* | *The Design and Manufacture of AnimalDrawn Carts | ||
* The Design and | *The Design and Manufacture of LowCost Motorized Vehicles | ||
* The Design | *The Design of Bicycle Trailers | ||
* The | *The Dory Book | ||
* | *Earth Roads | ||
* | *Electric Vehicles | ||
* | *Fishing Boat Designs: Flat Bottom Boats | ||
* | *Gasoline Engine Tune Up | ||
* | *Guide to Tools and Equipment for Labour Based Road Construction | ||
* | *Handbook of Artisanal Boatbuilding | ||
* | *Installation and Maintenance of Engines in Small Fishing Vessels | ||
* | *Low Cost Transportation | ||
* Low Cost | *Low Cost Vehicles | ||
* | *Maintaining Motorcycles | ||
* | *The Management of Animal Energy Resources and the Modernization of the Bullock Cart System | ||
* | *Manual on the Planning of Labour lntensive Road Construction | ||
* | *The Manufacture of Low Cost Vehicles in Developing Countries | ||
* | *New Working Watercraft | ||
* | *Notes on Simple Transport in Some Developing Countries | ||
* | *Proceedings of ITDG Seminar "Simple Vehicles for Developing Countries" | ||
* | *Roads and Resources | ||
* Roads | *The Rural Access Roads Programme | ||
* | *Rural Roads Manual | ||
* Rural | *Rural Transport in Developing Countries | ||
* | *Small Boat Design | ||
* | *Sails as an Aid to Fishing | ||
* | *Three Wheeled Vehicles in Crete | ||
=== '''Health Care''' === | |||
*[[Alternative Limbmaking]] | |||
* [[ | *[[Anaesthesia at the District Hospital]] | ||
* | *Animals Parasitic in Man | ||
* | *A Barefoot Doctor's Manual | ||
* | *Better Care in Leprosy | ||
* Better Care | *Better Child Care | ||
* | *Communicable Diseases | ||
* | *[[Dermatological Preparations for the Tropics]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Disabled Village Children]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Establishing a Refugee Camp Laboratory]] | ||
* [[ | *[[General Surgery at the District Hospital]] | ||
* | *Handbook on the Prevention and Treatment of Schistosomiasis | ||
* | *Health by the People | ||
* Health | *Health Care and Human Dignity | ||
* Health Care | *Health Care in China | ||
* Health | *Health Records Systems | ||
* Health | *Health: The Human Factor | ||
* Health | *Helping Health Workers Learn | ||
* | *[[How to Look After a Refrigerator]] | ||
* | *How to Make Basic Hospital Equipment | ||
* | *[[Independence Through Mobility]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Low Cost Physiotherapy Aids]] | ||
* | *Manual of Basic Techniques for a Health Laboratory | ||
* | *Medical Care in Developing Countries | ||
* Medical | *A Medical Laboratory for Developing Countries | ||
* | *Medicine and Public Health in the People's Republic of China | ||
* | *A Model Health Centre | ||
* | *[[More With Less]] | ||
* | *Mosquito Control | ||
* | *Nutrition for Developing Countries | ||
* Nutrition | *Nutrition Rehabilitation | ||
* | *Pediatric Priorities in the Developing World | ||
* | *[[Personal Transport for Disabled People]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Philippine Medicinal Plants in Common Use]] | ||
* [[ | *[[The Principles and Practices of Primary Health Care]] | ||
* [[The | *[[The Provision of Spectacles at Low Cost]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Rattan and Bamboo]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Reference Material for Health Auxiliaries and Their Teachers]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Simple Dental Care for Rural Hospitals]] | ||
* [[ | *[[The Tooth Trip]] | ||
* [[The | *[[The Village Health Worker]] | ||
* [[ | *[[What is AIDS?]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Where There Is No Dentist]] | ||
* [[Where There Is | *[[Where There Is No Doctor]] | ||
=== '''Science Teaching''' === | |||
*[[Adventures with a Hand Lens]] | |||
* [[ | *[[AntiPollution Lab]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Construction and Use of Simple Physics Apparatus]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Development and Production of School Science Equipment]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Guidebook to Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment]] | ||
* [[ | *[[How to Make Tools]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Low Cost Science Teaching Equipment]] | ||
* [[ | *[[A Method for Cutting Bottles Light Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes]] | ||
* [[ | *[[New UNESCO Source Book for Science Teaching]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Preserving Food by Drying]] | ||
* [[ | *[[The Production of School Science Equipment]] | ||
=== '''Nonformal Education''' === | |||
*[[Towards Scientific Literacy]] | |||
* [[ | *[[Bridging the Gap]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Demystifying Evaluation]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Doing Things Together]] | ||
* [[ | *[[From the Field]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation]] | ||
* [[ | *[[Perspectives on Non formal Adult Learning]] | ||
=== '''Small Enterprises''' === | |||
*Basic Control of Assets | |||
* Basic | *Basic Finances | ||
* Basic | *Basic Marketing | ||
* | *Blacksmith Baker Roofing Sheet Maker | ||
* | *Business Arithmetic for Cooperatives and Other Small Businesses | ||
* Business | *The Business Plan | ||
* The Business | *The Business Review | ||
* | *A Complete Cash Analysis Accounts System for Businessmen | ||
* | *Consultancy for Small Businesses | ||
* | *Cooperative Accounting 1: Thrift and Credit Cooperatives | ||
* Cooperative | *Cooperative Accounting 2: Consumer Cooperative Societies | ||
* Cooperative | *Cooperative Accounting 3: Marketing Cooperative Societies | ||
* Cooperative | *Cooperative Bookkeeping | ||
* Cooperative | *Cooperative Organization | ||
* | *Credit and Savings for Development | ||
* | *Developing Small Scale Industries in India | ||
* | *Entrepreneur's Handbook | ||
* | *Financial Management of a Small Handicraft Business | ||
* | *Guidelines for Management Consulting Programs for Small Scale Enterprises | ||
* | *A Handbook for Cooperative Fieldworkers in Developing Nations | ||
* | *How to Grow a Shop | ||
* | *Improve Your Business: Handbook | ||
* Improve Your | *Improve Your Business: Workbook | ||
* | *Josbarko Enterprise | ||
* | *Managing Time and Personnel | ||
* | *Manual for Commercial Analysis of Small Scale Projects | ||
* | *The Practice of Entrepreneurship | ||
* | *Refugee Enterprise | ||
* | *Rural Credit | ||
* | *Single Entry Bookkeeping System for Small Scale Manufacturing Businesses | ||
* | *Small Business in the Third World | ||
* Small Business | *Small Business Promotion | ||
* Small | *Small Enterprises in Developing Countries | ||
* | *Stock Taking | ||
* | *Training Village Entrepreneurs | ||
=== '''Local Communications''' === | |||
*Communicating with Pictures | |||
* | *The Copy Book | ||
* | *Experiences in Visual Thinking | ||
* | *57 How to Do It Charts on Materials and Equipment and Techniques for Screen Printing | ||
* | *Grass Roots Radio | ||
* | *How to Do Leaflets Newsletters and Newspapers | ||
* | *Illustrations for Development | ||
* | *Low Cost Printing for Development | ||
* Low Cost | *The Low Cost Wooden Duplicator | ||
* The | *The Organization of the Small Public Library | ||
* The | *The Photonovel | ||
* | *Plain Talk | ||
* | *Print: How You Can Do It Yourself | ||
* | *Rural Mimeo Newspapers | ||
* | *Small Technical Libraries | ||
* | *Visual Communication Handbook | ||
* | *The StenScreen | ||
* | *Visual Literacy in Communication | ||
* | *Women and Graphics | ||
=== '''Beekeeping''' === | |||
*The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture | |||
* The | *The Beekeeper's Handbook | ||
* | *Beekeeping Guide | ||
* Beekeeping | *A Beekeeping Handbook | ||
* | *Beekeeping in Rural Development | ||
* | *Golden Insect | ||
* | *Home Honey Production | ||
* | *A Homemade Honey Extractor | ||
* | *Making and Using a Solar Wax Melter | ||
* | *Plans for a Complete Beekeeping System | ||
* | *Small Scale Beekeeping | ||
* | *Tropical and SubTropical Apiculture | ||
=== '''Small Industries''' === | |||
*The Backyard Dairy Book | |||
* | *Barbs Prongs Points Prickers and Stickers | ||
* | *Basic Sewing Machine Repair | ||
* | *Book of Tempeh | ||
* | *Cane Sugar | ||
* | *Community Canning Centers | ||
* | *Dye Plants and Dyeing | ||
* | *Dyeing and Printing | ||
* | *Environmentally Sound Leather Tanning | ||
* | *Glassware Manufacture for Developing Countries | ||
* | *Handloom Construction | ||
* | *How to Make Soap | ||
* | *Introduction to Soapmaking | ||
* | *The Kiln Book | ||
* | *Making Homemade Soaps and Candles | ||
* | *Manual on the Production of Rattan Furniture | ||
* | *Medleri Charkha | ||
* | *Natural Plant Dyeing | ||
* | *The Preparation of Soap | ||
* | *Remanufacturing | ||
* | *Rural Tanning Techniques | ||
* | *The Self Reliant Potter | ||
* | *Silkworm Rearing | ||
* | *Simple Methods of Candle Manufacture | ||
* | *Small Scale Manufacture of Footwear | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Papermaking | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Recycling of Plastics | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Weaving | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Gold Mining | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Mining | ||
* Small Scale | *Small Scale Soapmaking | ||
* | *Soap Pilot Plant | ||
* | *Stone | ||
* | *Tanning of Hides and Skins | ||
* | *Traditional Cheesemaking | ||
* | *Vegetable Dyeing | ||
* | *The Village Texturizer | ||
* | *Work from Waste | ||
* | *Yay Soybeans! | ||
=== '''Disaster Preparedness''' === | |||
*Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: Overview | |||
* Building to | *Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: Estimation of Extreme Wind Speeds and Guide to the Determination of Wind Forces | ||
* | *A Methodological Guide | ||
* | *and Architectural Considerations | ||
* | *Disaster Mitigation | ||
* | *Economic Issues in Housing Reconstruction | ||
* | *Emergency Health Management after Natural Disaster | ||
* Emergency | *Emergency Vector Control after Natural Disaster | ||
* | *Environmental Health Management after Natural Disaster | ||
* | *Establishing Needs after a Disaster | ||
* | *How to Build a House of Modern Adobe | ||
* | *Improving Building Skills | ||
* | *The Management of Nutritional Emergencies in Large Populations | ||
* | *Medical Supply Management after Natural Disaster | ||
* | *Minimum Standards for Cyclone Resistant Housing Utilizing Traditional Materials | ||
* | *Materials | ||
* | *Program Planning Guide | ||
* Program | *Program Planning Options for the Reconstruction of Disaster Resistant Housing | ||
* | *Shelter After Disaster | ||
* Shelter | *Shelter after Disaster: Guidelines for Assistance | ||
* | *United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook for Emergencies: Field Operations | ||
* | *What is a Hurricane? | ||
* What is a | *What is a Tidal Wave? | ||
* | *Wind Resistant Block Houses | ||
*Background Reading | |||
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Complete List of Books by Subject in the Sourcebook and the AT Library
Background Reading
- Appropriate Technology for African Women
- Appropriate Technology: Problems and Promises
- The Barefoot Book
- Coming Full Circle
- Design for the Real World
- Experiences in Appropriate Technology
- High Impact Appropriate Technology Case Studies
- Introduction to Appropriate Technology
- Paper Heroes
- Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Research and Development
- Questioning Development
- Radical Technology
- Repairs Reuse Recycling
- Rural Women
- Sharing Smaller Pies
- Strategies for Small Farmer Development Projects
- Technology and Employment in Industry
- Technology for the Masses in Invention Intelligence
- Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology
- Village Technology in Eastern Africa
- When Aid is No Help
- The World of Appropriate Technology
General References
- Appropriate Technology and Research Projects
- Appropriate Technology Directory
- Appropriate Technology for Rural Development
- Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Directory
- Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Review
- Appropriate Technology: Directory of Machines Tools Plants Equipment Processes and Industries
- Bibliography of Appropriate Technology Information for Developing Countries
- The Book of the New Alchemists
- China at Work
- Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes
- Economically Appropriate Technologies for Developing Countries
- Fichier Encyclopedique du Development Rural
- Field Director's Handbook
- Field Engineering
- The Formula Manual
- Foxfire Book 1
- Foxfire Book 2
- Foxfire Book 3
- Foxfire Book 4
- Foxfire Book 5
- Foxfire Book 6
- A Guide to Appropriate Technology Institutions
- Guide to Convivial Tools
- Guide to Technology Transfer in East Central and Southern Africa
- How to Build Up a Simple Multidimensional Documentation System on Appropriate Technology
- Intermediate Technology in Ghana
- Introducing Family Planning in Your Neighborhood
- The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 1
- The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 3
- The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 4
- The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 5
- Knots for Mountaineering: Camping Climbing Utility Rescue Etc.
- Liklik Buk
- The Mechanical Engineers' Pocket Book
- Mini Technology II
- Mini Technology
- MINKA
- More Other Homes and Garbage
- NonAgricultural Choice of Technology
- One Hundred Innovations for Development
- People's Workbook
- Pictorial Handbook of Technical Devices
- RAINBOOK
- Simple Technologies for Rural Women in Bangladesh
- Simple Working Models of Historic Machines
- Soft Tech
- Teknologi Kampungan
- Tinker Tailor Technical Change
- Traditional Crafts of Persia
- The Use of the Radio in Family Planning
- Village Technology Handbook
- Visual Aids Tracing Manual
- World Neighbors in Action
Local Self-Reliance
- Alternative Development Strategies and Appropriate Technology
- Another Development: Approaches and Strategies
- Appropriate Technology in Social Context
- The Breakdown of Nations
- A Landscape for Humans
- Learning from China - A Report on Agriculture and the Chinese People's Communes. FAO Study Mission. 1977. Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1977. 92-8521009-0.
- Local Responses to Global Problems: A Key to Meeting Basic Human Needs. Stokes, Bruce. 1978. Washingston : Worldwatch Institute, (c) 1978. 0-916468-16-X.
- Rural Small-Scale Industry in the People's Republic of China. Perkins, Dwight, et al. 1977. Berkeley : Universit of California Press, (c) 1977. 0-0520-03284.
- Small Scale Cement Plants. Sigurdson, Jon. 1977. London : Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., (c) 1977. 0-903031-46-9.
- Soft Technologies Hard Choices
- Technologies for Basic Needs
- Technology for Ujamaa Village Development in Tanzania
- Towards Village Industry
- 4Wheel Band Saw
- Inch Table Saw
Workshop
- Amateur's Workshop
- Basic Machines and How They Work
- Bearing Design and Fitting
- The Beginner's Workshop
- Blacksmithing
- Blacksmithing Welding and Soldering
- A Blacksmith's Bellows
- DeCristoforo's Book of Power Tools Both Stationary and Portable
- Electric Motor Test and Repair
- Electroplating for the Amateur
- Equipment for Rural Workshops Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering1
- Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering
- Farm Shop and Equipment
- Foundrywork for the Amateur
- Gear Wheels and Gear Cutting
- General Metal Work Sheet Metal Work and Hand Pump Maintenance
- Handtool Handbook for Woodworking
- Hardening and Tempering Engineers' Tools
- Heavy Duty Drill Press
- How to Make a Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work
- How to Make Planes Cramps and Vices
- How to Make Twelve Woodworking Tools
- How to Mill on a Drill Press
- How to Use Metal Tubing
- How to Work Sheet Metal
- How to Work with Copper Piping
- Lathe Sanders
- LeJay Manual
- LostWax Casting
- The Making of Tools
- A Manual on Sharpening Hand Woodworking Tools
- Metal Bending Machine
- Metal Turning Lathe Built from Stock Parts
- Metallurgy
- Metalworking Handbook
- The Modern Blacksmith
- Motorize Your Hacksaw
- A Museum of Early American Tools
- Oil Drum Forges
- Practical Blacksmithing
- The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding
- The Recycling Use and Repair of Tools
- Scroll Saw
- Sharpening Small Tools
- Sheet Metal Brake
- Sheet Metal Former
- Shop Tactics
- Small Scale Foundries for Developing Countries
- Smelting Furnace
- Spring Design and Calculation
- Stocking Spare Parts for a Small Repair Shop
- Technical Drawing
- Technology Metal 1 Fundamental Skills
- Three Welding Jigs
- Tools and How to Use Them
- Tools and Their Uses
- Try Your Hand at Metal Spinning
- TwoSpeed Bandsaw Cuts Wood and Metal
- The Use of Hand Woodworking Tools
- Welding Craft Practices
- Wood Planer for $100
- Workshop Exercises Metal Fundamental Skills
Agriculture
- Agricultural Extension
- Agricultural Extension: The Training and Visit System
- AgroForestry Systems for the Humid Tropics East of the Andes
- An Agromedical Approach to Pesticide Management
- Alternative Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry in the Tropics
- Approved Practices in Soil Conservation
- The Art of the Informal Agricultural Survey
- As You Sow
- Backyard Composting
- The Basic Book of Organic Gardening
- Basic Soil Improvement for Everyone
- Better Farming Series #1 The Plant: The Living Plant The Root
- Better Farming Series #2 The Plant: The Stems; The Buds; The Leaves
- Better Farming Series #3 The Plant: The Flower
- Better Farming Series #4 The Soil: How the Soil is Made Up
- Better Farming Series #5 The Soil: How to Conserve the Soil
- Better Farming Series #6 The Soil: How to Improve the Soil
- Better Farming Series #7 Crop Farming
- Better Farming Series #8 Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals
- Better Farming Series #9 Animal Husbandry: Animal Disease
- Better Farming Series #10 The Farm Business Survey
- Better Farming Series #11 Cattle Breeding
- Better Farming Series #12 Sheep and Goat Breeding
- Better Farming Series #13 Keeping Chickens
- Better Farming Series #14 Farming with Animal Power
- Better Farming Series #15 Cereals
- Better Farming Series #16 Roots and Tubers
- Better Farming Series #17 Groundnuts
- Better Farming Series #18 Bananas
- Better Farming Series #19 Market Gardening
- Better Farming Series #20 Upland Rice
- Better Farming Series #21 Wet Paddy or Swamp Rice
- Better Farming Series #22 Cocoa
- Better Farming Series #23 Coffee
- Better Farming Series #24 The Oil Palm
- Better Farming Series #25 The Rubber Tree
- Better Farming Series #26 The Modern Farm Business
- Better Farming Series # Freshwater Fish Farming
- The Book of Geese
- China: Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture
- Code of Practice for Safe Use of Pesticides
- Composting for the Tropics
- Composting in Tropical Agriculture
- Composting: Sanitary Disposal and Reclamation of Organic Wastes
- Conservation Farming for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics
- The Design and Optimization of Irrigation Distribution Networks
- Environmentally Sound Small Scale Agricultural Projects
- Farm Management Research for Small Farmer Development
- The Farmer's Guide
- A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice
- Fields and Pastures in Deserts
- Friends of the Rice Farmer
- Gardening for Better Nutrition
- Gardening with the Seasons
- Goat Health Handbook
- Growing Garden Seeds
- Guayule
- Guide for Field Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Guide for Small Holder Coffee Farmers
- Guidelines for Watershed Management
- Gully Control and Reclamation
- Handbook of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture
- The Homesteader's Handbook for Raising Small Livestock
- How to Grow More Vegetables
- How to Make Fertilizer
- How to Perform an Agricultural Experiment
- Hydroponics
- Illustrated Guide to Integrated Pest Management in Rice in Tropical Asia
- Insights of Outstanding Farmers
- Integrated Farm Management
- Integrated Pest Management: A Catalogue of Training and Extension Materials
- Integrated Pest Management
- Intensive Gardening for Profit and Self Sufficiency
- Intercropping in Tropical Smallholder Agriculture with Special Reference to Wes tAfrica
- Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Practices
- Irrigation Principles and Practices
- Jojoba and Its Uses
- Jojoba Happenings
- Jojoba: A Guide to the Literature
- Keeping Livestock Healthy
- Leucaena Based Farming
- Lost Crops of the Incas
- Managing Pests and Pesticides in Small Scale Agriculture
- Manual for Calculation of Check Dams
- More Water for Arid Lands
- The Nursery Manual
- Operation and Maintenance of Small Irrigation Schemes
- Permaculture II
- Pigs and Poultry in the South Pacific
- A Planning Guide for SmallScale Livestock Projects
- Practical Poultry Raising
- The Rabbit as a Producer of Meat and Skins in Developing Countries
- Rabbit Production
- Raising Goats for Milk and Meat
- Raising Healthy Cattle Under Primitive Conditions
- Raising Healthy Goats Under Primitive Conditions
- Raising Healthy Pigs Under Primitive Conditions
- Raising Healthy Poultry Under Primitive Conditions
- Raising Healthy Rabbits Under Primitive Conditions
- Raising Poultry the Modern Way
- Raising Rabbits
- Raising the Home Duck Flock
- The Samaka Guide to Homesite Farming
- The self-sufficient Gardener
- Sheep Health Handbook
- Simple Assessment Techniques for Soil and Water
- Small Farm Development
- Small Farm Weed Control
- Small Plastic Greenhouses
- Small Scale Irrigation
- Small Scale Pig Raising
- Soil Conservation
- Soil Tillage in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Soils Crops and Fertilizer Use
- Surface Irrigation
- Technology Applications Gap
- Test the Soil First
- Training and Visit Extension
- Tropical Feeds
- Tropical Legumes
- Tropical Vegetables
- Try the Rabbit
- Two Ears of Corn
- Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value
- Understanding Small Farmers
- Understanding Traditional Agriculture
- The UNICEF Home Gardens Handbook
- Vegetable Production Under Arid and SemiArid Conditions in Tropical Africa
- Vegetable Seeds for the Tropics
- Vetiver Grass
- The Water Buffalo
- The Winged Bean
Agricultural Tools
- Adjustable Width VDrag Ditcher/Bund Former
- The Agribar Operator's Manual
- Agricultural Technology for Developing Nations
- American Farm Tools
- Animal Power in Farming Systems
- Animal Traction in Africa
- Animal Traction
- The Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool Carrier
- Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool carriers: Perfected Yet Rejected
- Appropriate Industrial Technology for Agricultural Machinery and Implements
- Bell Alarms and Sack Hoists in Windmills
- Carts
- Cassava Grinder
- Cereal Processing
- Chain Link Fence Making Machine
- Chitedze Ridgemaster Toolbar
- Clod Crushers Two Designs
- Dibble Sticks Donkeys and Diesels
- The Draft Horse Primer
- Eight Simple Surveying Levels
- The Employment of Draught Animals in Agriculture
- Farm Implements for Arid and Tropical Regions
- A Feeder to Improve the Performance of a Hand Operated Groundnut Sheller
- Foot Powered Thresher
- Guide Book for Rural Cottage and Small and Medium Industries: Paddy Rice Cultivation
- The Handcart Handbook
- A Hand Operated Bar Mill for Decorticating Sunflower Seed
- A Hand Operated Winnower
- The Harness Maker's Illustrated Manual
- Harnessing and Implements for Animal Traction
- The Harnessing of Draught Animals
- Harrows
- Horse Drawn Farm Implements
- How to Repair Briggs and Stratton Engines
- IDC Weeding Attachment for EMCOT Plow
- IDCBornu Groundnut Lifter and IT Groundnut Lifter
- Introduction of Animal Powered Cereal Mills
- IT Expandable Cultivator
- IT Granule Applicator
- IT High Clearance Rotary Hoe
- Kabanyalo Toolbar
- Lightweight Seeder/Spreader
- Making Coir Rope
- Mechanics in Agriculture
- MultiAction Paddy Field Puddling Tool
- Oil Extraction
- Oil Soaked Wood Bearings
- Old Farm Tools and Machinery
- OxDrawn Tie Ridger/Weeder Implement
- A Pedal Operated Grain Mill
- The Potential for SmallScale Solar Powered Irrigation in Pakistan
- Prototype multipurpose OxDrawn Tool
- The "Rasulia" Bladed Roller Thresher
- Repair and Maintenance of Stationary Diesel Engines
- Rice: Postharvest Technology
- Root Crop Processing
- Rotary Corn (Sorghum) Thresher
- Rotary Weeder for Row Planted Rice
- Rural Africa Development Project
- The Scythe Book
- Seed Dressing Drum (Hand Operated)
- Single Row and ThreeRow Rice Seeders
- Sled Type Corrugator Irrigation Furrow Former
- Small Farm Equipment for Developing Countries
- Small Gas Engines
- Small Scale Maize Milling
- Small Scale Oil Extraction from Groundnuts and Copra
- Small Scale Processing of Oilfruits and Oilseeds
- SmallScale Solar Powered Irrigation Pumping Systems
- Solar Photovoltaics for Irrigation Water Pumping
- Solar Water Pumping: A Handbook
- Tools for Agriculture
- Tools for Homesteaders Gardeners and SmallScale Farmers
- Treadle Operated Peanut Thresher
- The Tropicultor's Manual: Field Operations
- The Weeder Mulcher
- The Winnower
- Winnowing Fan
Crop Preservation
- Appropriate Technology for Grain Storage
- China: Grain Storage Structures
- Construction of a Brick Hot Air Copra Dryer
- Cookbook for Building a Solar Crop Dryer
- Domestic Grain Storage Bins
- Dry It You'll Like It
- Drying and Processing Tree Fruits
- Drying Equipment for Cereal Grains and Other Agricultural Produce
- Evaluation of the Bissa
- Fish Processing
- Food Drying
- Fruit and Vegetable Processing
- Guide to the Manufacture of Metal Bins
- Handling and Storage of Food Grains in Tropical and Subtropical Areas
- Home Scale Processing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables
- How to Build a Solar Crop Dryer
- How to Dry Fruits and Vegetables
- How to Make a Solar Cabinet Dryer for Agricultural Produce
- How to Salt Fish
- Manual on Improved Farm and VillageLevel Grain Storage Methods
- Systems
- Postharvest Food Losses in Developing Countries
- Potential of Solar Agricultural Dryers in Developing Areas Preservation of Foods
- Principles of Potato Storage
- Rural Home Techniques: Food Preservation
- Simple Grain Drier
- Small Farm Grain Storage
- Small-Scale Processing of Fish
- Solar Drying: Practical Methods of Food Preservation
- Solar Grain Drying
- Stocking Up
- Storage Management
- Storage of Food Grain
- Storing Vegetables and Fruits in Basements Cellars Outbuildings and Pits
- Sun Dry Your Fruits and Vegetables
- A Survey of Solar Agricultural Dryers
Forestry
- Agroforestry Species: A Crop Sheets Manual
- Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide
- The Chainsaw and the Lumbermaker
- China: Forestry Support for Agriculture
- Constructing and Operating a Small Solar Heated Lumber Dryer
- Crosscut Saw Manual
- Environmentally Sound SmallScale Forestry Projects
- Firewood Crops
- Forest Farming
- A Forest Tree Seed Directory
- Forestry Case Studies
- Forestry for Local Community Development
- Frame Saw Manual
- Land Clearance
- Leucaena
- Make Your Own Precision Milled Lumber from Logs and Trees: Alaskan MKII
- Manual of Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines
- Natural Durability and Preservation of One Hundred Tropical African Woods
- An Overview of Possible Uses of Sawdust
- People and Trees
- Planning for Agroforestry
- Planting Tree Crops
- A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya
- The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees
- Reforestation in Arid Lands
- Savanna Afforestation in Africa
- ShortRotation Forestry
- Small and Medium Sawmills in Developing Countries
- Timber Drying Manual
- Tree Crops
- Tree Planting in Africa South of the Sahara
- Wood Harvesting with Hand Tools
Aquaculture
- Aquaculture Practices in Taiwan: T.P. Chen. Farnham, Surrey, England: Fishing News Books Ltd, (c)1976
- Artificial Salmon Spawning: William W. Smoker, Curtis L. Kerns. Fairbanks, AK, USA: University of Alaska Sea Grant Program
- Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Fish
- Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Pond
- Elementary Guide to Fish Culture in Nepal: Elek Woynarovich. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1975
- Fish Catching Methods of the World: Andres von Brandt. Farnham, Surrey, England: Fishing News Books Ltd, (c) 1964
- Fish Culture in Central East Africa: A. Maar, M.A.E. Mortimer, I. Van der Lingen. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1966
- Fishing with Bottom Gillnets
- Freshwater Fish Farming: How to
- Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management: Marilyn Chakroff. Arlington, VA, USA: VITA/Peace Corps, (c) 1976
- Pair Trawling with Small Boats
- Salmon Rancher's Manual
- Tropical Oysters
Water Supply: Background
- Environmentally Sound Small-ScaLe Water Projects
- Guidelines on Health Aspects of Plumbing
- Water for the Thousand Millions
- Hand Pump Maintenance in the Context of Community Well Projects
- Programmes
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Using Water Resources
- Design Problems for a Simple Rural Supply System
- Gravity Flow Water Systems
- Hand Drilled Wells
- Hand Dug Wells and Their Construction
- A Handbook of Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities
- Manual for Rural Water Supply
- Manual for Water Systems and Pipe Work
- Public Standpost Water Supplies
- Public Standpost Water Supplies: A Design Manual
- Rainwater Harvesting for Domestic Water Supply in Developing Countries
- Residential and non-residential Drinking Water Installations and Drainage Requirements in Buildings in Nepal
- Rural Water Supply in China
- Rural Water Supply in Developing Countries
- Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Concrete
- Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Construction Design Course
- Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Hydrology and Water Cycle
- Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Pipes and Fittings
- Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Stone Masonry
- self-help Wells
- Small Community Water Supplies
- Village Water Systems
- Water Supply for Rural Areas and Small Communities
- Water Wells Manual
- Well Construction Using Curved Hollow Block
- Wells Construction: handgun and HandDrilled
Water Supply: Pumps
- Chinese Chain and Washer Pumps
- Community Water Supply: The Handpump Option
- A Comparative Assessment of Photovoltaics Handpumps and Diesels for Rural Water Supply
- The Construction of a Hydraulic Ram Pump
- Hand Pumps for Use in Drinking Water Supplies in Developing Countries
- Handpumps Testing and Development: Proceedings of a Workshop in China
- Handpumps Testing and Development: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Testing
- Hydraulic Rams3
- Hydraulic Rams: Consumer's Guide
- Laboratory Testing of Handpumps for Developing Countries
- Manual of Information: RIFE Hydraulic Rams
- A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram Pump for Pumping Water
- Popular Mechanics Hydraulic Ram0
- Pump Selection Pumps and Water Lifters for Rural Development
- The Rower Pump
- Use of Hydraulic Rams in Nepal
- Village Hand-pump Technology
- Water Current Turbines
- Water-Pumping Devices
- Women and the Transport of Water
Water Supply: Tanks
- Ferrocement Water Tanks and Their Construction
- Construction Manual for 3500 gal. Ferrocement Water Tank
- Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Rainwater Collection Tanks
- From Ferro to Bamboo
Water Supply: Treatment
- How to Make a Solar Still (Plastic Covered)
- Installation of a Solar Distillation Plant on Ile de la Gonave Haiti
- Plans for a Glass and Concrete Solar Still
- The Purification of Water on a Small Scale
- Simple Solar Still for the Production of Distilled Water
- Simplified Procedures for Water Examination
- Slow Sand Filtration for Community Water Supply in Developing Countries
- Design and Construction Manual
- Construction Operation and Maintenance
- Slow Sand Filtration
- Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Oral Rehydration Solutions
- Solar Distillation as a Means of Meeting Small Scale Water Demands
- Water Treatment and Sanitation
Water Supply: Sanitation
- A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sanitation Alternatives for LowIncome Communities4
- A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Technical and Economic Options
- A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: A Planner's Guide
- A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Health Aspects of Excreta and Sullage Management
- A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: LowCost Technology Options for Sanitation
- A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sociocultural Aspects of Water Supply and Excreta Disposal
- A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Night Soil Composting
- Aquaculture: A Component of Low Cost Sanitation Technology
- The CoComposting of Domestic Solid and Human Wastes
- Compost Toilets
- The Design of Small Bore Sewer Systems
- The Design of Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines
- Double Vault Composting Toilets
- Dry Composting Latrines in Guatemala
- Excreta Disposal for Rural Areas and Small Communities
- Goodbye to the Flush Toilet
- How to Build a Pit Latrine
- Human Faeces Urine and Their Utilization
- Manual on the Design Construction and Maintenance of Low Cost PourFlush Waterseal Latrines in India
- Natural Sewage Recycling Systems
- Sanitation Handbook (Nepal)
- Sanitation in Developing Countries
- Sanitation Without Water
- Septic Tank Practices
- Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines
Water Supply: Solid Waste
- Wastewater Irrigation in Developing Countries
- Management of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries
- Recycling from Municipal Refuse
- Residential Water ReUse
Energy: General
- Design for a PedalDriven Power Unit for Transport and Machine Uses in Developing Countries
- The Economics of Renewable Energy Systems for Developing Countries
- Energy for Rural Development (Supplement)
- Energy for Rural Development
- Energy: The Solar Prospect
- Food or Fuel
- Foot Power
- Fuel Alcohol Production
- Fuel from Farms
- Gemini Synchronous Inverter Systems
- The Haybox
- The Heat Generator
- Hot Water
- Independent Energy
- Manege: AnimalDriven Power Gear
- Model Boilers and Boilermaking
- Model Stationary and Marine Steam Engines
- Pedal Power: In Work Leisure and Transportation
- The Planning Installation and Maintenance of LowVoltage Rural Electrification Systems and Subsystems
- The Power Guide
- Proceedings of the Meeting of the Expert Working Group on the Use of Solar and Wind Energy
- Rays of Hope
- Renewable Energy Research in India?Renewable Energy Resources and Rural Applications in the Developing World
- Small Scale Renewable Energy Resources and Locally Feasible Technology in Nepal
- The Solar Energy Timetable
- Steam Power
- The Use of Pedal Power for Agriculture and Transport in Developing Countries
Energy: Cookstoves
- Brief Notes on the Design and Construction of Wood-burning Cook-stoves
- Burning Issues
- Charcoal Making for Small Scale Enterprises
- Charcoal Production Using a Transportable Metal Kiln
- Comparing Simple Charcoal Production Technologies for the Caribbean
- Comparison of Improved Stoves
- The Complete Book of Heating with Wood
- The Construction Installation and Operation of an Improved Pit-Kiln for Charcoal Production
- The Construction of a Transportable Charcoal Kiln
- A Cooking Place for Large-Sized Pots
- Cook-stove Construction by the TerraCETA Method
- Designing a Test Procedure for Domestic Wood-burning Stoves
- Double Drum Sawdust Stove
- From Lorena to a Mountain of Fire
- Guidelines on Evaluating the Fuel Consumption of Improved Cookstoves
- Helping People in Poor Countries Develop FuelSaving Cookstoves
- How to Build an Oil Barrel Stove
- Improved Wood Waste and Charcoal Burning Stoves
- The Kenya Ceramic Jiko
- Lab Tests of Fired Clay Stoves the Economics of Improved Stoves and Steady State Heat Loss from Massive Stoves
- Laboratory and Field Testing of Monolithic Mud Stoves
- Less Smoky Rooms
- Lorena OwnerBuilt Stoves
- Modern Stoves for All
- New Nepali Cooking Stoves
- One Pot Two Pot...Jackpot
- Report on Training of District Extensionists
- Rice Husk Conversion to Energy
- Rice Husks as a Fuel
- SawdustBurning Space Heater Stove
- The SocioEconomic Context of Fuelwood Use in Small Communities
- Splitting Firewood
- Technology Markets and People
- Testing the Efficiency of WoodBurning Cookstoves
- Testing Timber for Moisture Content
- Wood Conserving Cook Stoves Bibliography
- Wood Conserving Cook Stoves: A Design Guide
- A Woodstove Compendium
Energy: Wind
- Aspects of Irrigation with Windmills
- Considerations for the Use of Wind Power for Borehole Pumping
- Construction Manual for PU350 and PU500 Windmills
- Construction Manual for a Cretan Windmill
- Electric Power from the Wind
- Energy from the Wind
- Food from Windmills
- The Gaudgaon Village Sailwing Windmill
- The Homebuilt WindGenerated Electricity Handbook
- Homemade 6Volt WindElectric Plants
- The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska
- Horizontal Axis Fast Running Wind Turbines for Developing Countries
- How to Build a "Cretan Sail" Windpump for Use in LowSpeed Wind Conditions
- How to Construct a Cheap Wind Machine for Pumping Water
- Low Cost Wind Speed Indicator
- LowCost Windmill for Developing Nations
- Matching of Wind Rotors to Low Power Electrical Generators
- Optimization and Characteristics of a Sailwing Windmill Rotor
- Performance Test of a Savonius Rotor
- Piston Water Pump
- Report on the Practical Application of WindPowered Pumps
- Rotor Design for Horizontal Axis Windmills
- Sahores Windmill Pump
- Savonius Rotor Construction
- Selecting Water Pumping Windmills
- Set of Construction Drawings for PU350 and PU500 Windmills
- Simplified Wind Power Systems for Experimenters
- A Siting Handbook for Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems
- A Survey of the Possible Use of Windpower in Thailand and the Philippines
- Syllabus for Irrigation with Windmills
- Technical Report
- Trees as an Indicator of Wind Power Potential
- Un Molino de Viento Tropical Gaviotas
- Vegetation as an Indicator of High Wind Velocity
- Vertical Axis Sail Windmill Plans
- The Wind Power Book
- Wind Power for Farms Homes and Small Industry
- Windpower in Eastern Crete
- Windpumping Handbook
- Windpumping: A Handbook
- Windpumps for Irrigation
Energy: Water
- The Banki Water Turbine
- Cost Reduction Considerations in Small Hydropower Equipment
- A Design Manual for Water Wheels
- Design of CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T2
- Design of CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T3
- Design of Small Water Storage and Erosion Control Dams
- Design of Small Water Turbines for Farms and Small Communities
- The Dhading MicroHydropower Plant:
- Directory of Manufacturers of Small Hydropower Equipment
- Harnessing Water Power for Home Energy
- Hints on the Development of Small WaterPower
- Hydropower
- Industrial Archaeology of Watermills and Waterpower
- Local Experience with MicroHydro Technology
- LowCost Development of Small Water Power Sites
- Manual for the Design of a Simple Mechanical WaterHydraulic Speed Governor
- Micro Hydro Electric Power
- Micro Pelton Turbines
- MicroHydro Power: Reviewing an Old Concept
- MicroHydro: Civil Engineering Aspects
- MicroHydropower Schemes in Pakistan
- MicroHydropower Sourcebook
- Microhydropower Handbook Volume 233
- Microhydropower Handbook Volume 234
- Mill Drawings
- Mini Hydro Power Stations
- MultiPurpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Basic Information
- MultiPurpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Operation and Maintenance Manual
- Nepal: Private Sector Approach to Implementing MicroHydropower Schemes
- On Watermills in Central Crete
- Overshot and Current Water Wheels
- A Pelton MicroHydro Prototype Design
- The Segner Turbine
- Small Earth Dams
- Small Hydroelectric Powerplants
- Small Hydropower for Asian Rural Development
- Small Michell (Banki) Turbine
- Small Scale Hydropower Technologies
- Water Power for the Farm
- Watermills with Horizontal Wheels
- Young MillWright and Miller's Guide
- Your Own Water Power Plant
Energy: Solar
- An Attached Solar Greenhouse: Bill Yanda, Susan Yanda. New Mexico: The Lightning Tree, (c) 1976.
- Basic Principles of Passive Solar Design: Hopman, Fred. Kathmandu Nepal: Swiss Association for Technical Assistance, (c) 1978.
- A Bibliography for the Solar Home Builder: Aitken, Donald W. California USA: California Office of Appropriate Technology , (c) 1979.
- Bread Box Water Heater Plans: New Mexico USA: Zoomworks Corporation, (c) 1975.
- The Design and Development of a Solar Powered Refrigerator: R.H.B. Fxell, Sommai Kornsakoo, D.G.D.C Wijeratna. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1976.
- Elements of Solar Architecture for Tropical Regions: Stulz, Roland. St. Gall Switzerland: Swiss Center for Appropriate Technology, (c) 1980.
- Evaluation of Solar Cookers: Virginia USA: Volunteers in Technical Assistance, (c) 1977.
- The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse: Rick Fisher, Bill Yanda. Berkeley CA: John Muir Publications, (c) 1976.
- The Fuel Savers - A Kit of Solar Ideas for Existing Homes: Dan Scully, Don Prowler, Bruce Anderson. New Hampshire USA: Total Environmental Action Inc. , (c) 1976.
- Homegrown Sun dwellings: Dresser, Peter Van. Santa Fe, NM: The Lightning Tree, (c) 1979.
- Low Cost Passive Solar Greenhouses: Ron Alward, Andy Shapiro. Montana USA: National Center for Appropriate Technology, (c) 1980.
- The Passive Solar Energy Book: Mazria, Edward. Pennsylvania USA: Rodale Press Inc. , (c) 1979.
- Proceedings of the Conference on Energy Conserving Solar Heated Greenhouses: John Hayes, Drew Gillett. Vermont USA: Malboro College, (c) 1977.
- Reaching Up Reaching Out: Vories, Rebecca. Colorado USA: Solar Energy Research Institute, (c) 1979.
- The Solar Cookery Book: Beth Halacy, Dan Halacy. California USA: Peace Press, (c) 1978.
- Solar Dwelling Design Concepts: The American Institute of Architects Research Corporation. Washington DC USA: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, (c) 1976.
- The Solar Greenhouse Book: McCullagh, James C. Pennsylvania USA: Rodale Press Inc., (c) 1978.
- The Solar Home Book: Bruce Anderson, Michael Riordan. Massachusetts USA: Brick House Publishing Company, (c) 1987.
- Solar Photovoltaic Products - A Guide for Development Workers: Anthony Derrick, Catherine Francis, Varis Bokalders. London UK: Intermediate Technology Publications, (c) 1977.
- The Solar Survey Solar Energy: National Center for Appropriate Technology. Butte Montana: NCAT, (c) 1979.
- A Solar Water Heater Workshop Manual: Eklund, Ken. Seattle Washington: Ecotope Group, (c) 1979.
- Solar Water Heaters in Nepal: Andreas Bachmann, Heinz Waldvogel. St. GAllen Switzerland: SKAT, (c) 1990.
- Solar Powered Electricity: Bernard McNelis, Anthony Derrick, Michael Starr. London UK: Intermediate Technology Publications, (c) 1991.
- A StateoftheArt Survey of Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps Solar Cookers and Woodburning Stoves: J.D. Walton, A.H Roy, S.H. Bomar. Atlanta GA: Georgia Institute of Technology, 1978.
- Technology for Solar Energy Utilization Series No. 5: United Nations Industrial Development Organization. New York: United Nations Industrial Development , 1978.
- Window Box Solar Collector Design: Nebraska USA: Small Farm Energy Project, (c).
Energy: Biogas
- The Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Wastes to Produce Methane: Gregg Shadduck, James A. Moore. Minnesota USA: University of Minnesota, (c) 1975.
- Biogas and Waste Recycling: Sr., Felix D. Maramba. Regal Printing Company, (c) 1978.
- The Biogas/Biofertilizer Business Handbook: Arnott, Michael. Washington DC USA: Peace Corps, (c) 1982.
- Biogas Handbook: House, David. Biogas Handbook. California USA: Peace Press, (c) 1978.
- Biogas Plants in Animal Husbandry:Uli Werner, Ulrich Stohr and Nicolai Hees. Braunschweig, Germany: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, (c)1989.
- Biogas Systems in India: Lichtman, Robert Jon. Virginia USA: Volunteers in Technical Assistance, (c) 1983.
- Biogas Technology in the Third World: Andrew Barnett, Len Pyle, SK Subramanian. Ottawa Canada: International Development Research Center, (c) 1978.
- Compost Fertilizer and Biogas Production from Human and Farm Wastes in the People's Republic of China: Michael G. McGarry, Jill Stainforth. Ottawa Canada: International Development Research Center, (c) 1978.
- A Chinese Biogas Manual: Crook, Michael. Forest Grove OR: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, (c) 1979.
- Fuel Gas from Cow Dung: B.R. Saubolle, A. Bachmann. Nepal: Sahayogi Press, (c) 1983.
- Renewable Sources of Energy: Biogas, Vol 2 : Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand: United Nations Econnmic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, July, 1981.
- Report on the Design and Operation of a FullScale Anaerobic Dairy Manure Digester: Elizabeth Coppinger et al. Seattle, USA: Ecotope Group,(c) 1979.
- Running a Biogas Programme: David Fulford. London, U.K: Intermediate Technology Publications,(c) 1988.
Housing and Construction
- Adobe as a Socially Appropriate Technology for the Southwest(Solar-Adobe Sundwellings):John Timothy Mackey. Washington, USA: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, January,1980.
- Adobe Craft Manual : Karl V Schultz. California, USA: Adobe Craft, (c) 1983.
- Appropriate Building Materials
- Bamboo as a Building Material
- Bambu—Su Cultivo y Aplicaciones
- The Book of Bamboo
- Brickmaking in Developing Countries
- Build a Yurt
- Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: A Guide for Improved Masonry and Timber Connections in Buildings
- Building with Earth
- Chawama SelfHelp Housing Project
- Comparison of Alternative Design Wheelbarrows for Haulage in Civil Construction Tasks
- Construction of Trail Suspended Bridges in Nepal
- Construction Reference Manual
- Construire en Terre
- Earth for Homes
- Earth Sheltered Housing Design
- Farm Structures in Tropical Climates
- Ferrocement a Versatile Construction Material
- Ferrocement: Applications in Developing Countries
- The $50 and Up Underground House Book
- Fireplaces
- Grasses—Their Use in Building
- Handbook for Building Homes of Earth
- House Form and Culture
- Housing by People
- How to Build a House Using SelfHelp Housing Techniques
- The Kenyan Low Cost Modular Timber Bridge
- La CETARam
- LowCost Country Home Building
- LowCost Housing: Prefabricated Panel System
- Making Building Blocks with the ClNVARam Block Press
- Making the Adobe Brick
- Manual for Building a Rammed Earth Wall
- A Manual of Building Construction
- Manual of Rural Wood Preservation
- Manual para la Construccion de la CETARam
- Mud Brick Roofs
- Mud Mud
- Nuevas Tecnicas de Construccion con Bambu
- 00 to 3000 Capacity Brick Kiln
- The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry
- The Owner Built Home
- The Owner Built Homestead
- Painting Inside and Out
- Plastic Sheeting
- Pole Buildings in Papua New Guinea
- Popular Manual for Wooden House Construction
- Rice Husk Ash Cement
- Roof Constructions for Housing in Developing Countries
- Roofing in Developing Countries
- Rural Building: Basic Knowledge
- Rural Building: Construction
- Rural Building: Drawing Book
- Rural Building: Reference Book
- Selection of Materials for Burnt Clay Brick Manufacture
- SelfHelp Construction of lStory Buildings
- SelfHelp Practices in Housing
- A Series of Articles on the Use of Bamboo in Building Construction
- Shaft Lime Kiln
- Shelter
- Shelter II
- Simple Bridge Structures
- Small Scale Brickmaking
- Smal lScale Lime Burning
- Small Scale Manufacture of Burned Building Brick
- Small Scale Production of Cementitious Materials
- Soil Block Presses
- Soil Cement
- Standard Trail Suspended and Suspension Bridges
- Thatching
- The Timber Framing Book
- Traditional Bridges of Papua New Guinea
- Traditional Suspension Bridges in Taplejung District
- The Use of Bamboo and Reeds in Building Construction
- The Use of Wheelbarrows in Civil Construction
- When You Build a House
- Wood Handbook
- Wood Frame House Construction
- Wooden Bridges
- The Yurt
Transportation
- Appropriate Industrial Technology for Low Cost Transport for Rural Areas
- A.T. in Rural Development: Vehicles Designed for On and Off Farm Operations
- Automotive Operation and Maintenance
- The Backyard Mechanic Volume 1
- The Backyard Mechanic Volume 2
- The Backyard Mechanic Volume 3
- Better Tools for the Job
- The Bicycle Builder's Bible
- Bicycle Resource Guide
- Bicycles and Tricycles
- Bicycles: A Case Study of Indian Experience
- Bicycling Science
- Boatbuilding Manual
- Boats from Ferrocement
- The Design and Manufacture of AnimalDrawn Carts
- The Design and Manufacture of LowCost Motorized Vehicles
- The Design of Bicycle Trailers
- The Dory Book
- Earth Roads
- Electric Vehicles
- Fishing Boat Designs: Flat Bottom Boats
- Gasoline Engine Tune Up
- Guide to Tools and Equipment for Labour Based Road Construction
- Handbook of Artisanal Boatbuilding
- Installation and Maintenance of Engines in Small Fishing Vessels
- Low Cost Transportation
- Low Cost Vehicles
- Maintaining Motorcycles
- The Management of Animal Energy Resources and the Modernization of the Bullock Cart System
- Manual on the Planning of Labour lntensive Road Construction
- The Manufacture of Low Cost Vehicles in Developing Countries
- New Working Watercraft
- Notes on Simple Transport in Some Developing Countries
- Proceedings of ITDG Seminar "Simple Vehicles for Developing Countries"
- Roads and Resources
- The Rural Access Roads Programme
- Rural Roads Manual
- Rural Transport in Developing Countries
- Small Boat Design
- Sails as an Aid to Fishing
- Three Wheeled Vehicles in Crete
Health Care
- Animals Parasitic in Man
- A Barefoot Doctor's Manual
- Better Care in Leprosy
- Better Child Care
- Communicable Diseases
- Handbook on the Prevention and Treatment of Schistosomiasis
- Health by the People
- Health Care and Human Dignity
- Health Care in China
- Health Records Systems
- Health: The Human Factor
- Helping Health Workers Learn
- How to Make Basic Hospital Equipment
- Manual of Basic Techniques for a Health Laboratory
- Medical Care in Developing Countries
- A Medical Laboratory for Developing Countries
- Medicine and Public Health in the People's Republic of China
- A Model Health Centre
- Mosquito Control
- Nutrition for Developing Countries
- Nutrition Rehabilitation
- Pediatric Priorities in the Developing World
Science Teaching
Nonformal Education
Small Enterprises
- Basic Control of Assets
- Basic Finances
- Basic Marketing
- Blacksmith Baker Roofing Sheet Maker
- Business Arithmetic for Cooperatives and Other Small Businesses
- The Business Plan
- The Business Review
- A Complete Cash Analysis Accounts System for Businessmen
- Consultancy for Small Businesses
- Cooperative Accounting 1: Thrift and Credit Cooperatives
- Cooperative Accounting 2: Consumer Cooperative Societies
- Cooperative Accounting 3: Marketing Cooperative Societies
- Cooperative Bookkeeping
- Cooperative Organization
- Credit and Savings for Development
- Developing Small Scale Industries in India
- Entrepreneur's Handbook
- Financial Management of a Small Handicraft Business
- Guidelines for Management Consulting Programs for Small Scale Enterprises
- A Handbook for Cooperative Fieldworkers in Developing Nations
- How to Grow a Shop
- Improve Your Business: Handbook
- Improve Your Business: Workbook
- Josbarko Enterprise
- Managing Time and Personnel
- Manual for Commercial Analysis of Small Scale Projects
- The Practice of Entrepreneurship
- Refugee Enterprise
- Rural Credit
- Single Entry Bookkeeping System for Small Scale Manufacturing Businesses
- Small Business in the Third World
- Small Business Promotion
- Small Enterprises in Developing Countries
- Stock Taking
- Training Village Entrepreneurs
Local Communications
- Communicating with Pictures
- The Copy Book
- Experiences in Visual Thinking
- 57 How to Do It Charts on Materials and Equipment and Techniques for Screen Printing
- Grass Roots Radio
- How to Do Leaflets Newsletters and Newspapers
- Illustrations for Development
- Low Cost Printing for Development
- The Low Cost Wooden Duplicator
- The Organization of the Small Public Library
- The Photonovel
- Plain Talk
- Print: How You Can Do It Yourself
- Rural Mimeo Newspapers
- Small Technical Libraries
- Visual Communication Handbook
- The StenScreen
- Visual Literacy in Communication
- Women and Graphics
Beekeeping
- The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture
- The Beekeeper's Handbook
- Beekeeping Guide
- A Beekeeping Handbook
- Beekeeping in Rural Development
- Golden Insect
- Home Honey Production
- A Homemade Honey Extractor
- Making and Using a Solar Wax Melter
- Plans for a Complete Beekeeping System
- Small Scale Beekeeping
- Tropical and SubTropical Apiculture
Small Industries
- The Backyard Dairy Book
- Barbs Prongs Points Prickers and Stickers
- Basic Sewing Machine Repair
- Book of Tempeh
- Cane Sugar
- Community Canning Centers
- Dye Plants and Dyeing
- Dyeing and Printing
- Environmentally Sound Leather Tanning
- Glassware Manufacture for Developing Countries
- Handloom Construction
- How to Make Soap
- Introduction to Soapmaking
- The Kiln Book
- Making Homemade Soaps and Candles
- Manual on the Production of Rattan Furniture
- Medleri Charkha
- Natural Plant Dyeing
- The Preparation of Soap
- Remanufacturing
- Rural Tanning Techniques
- The Self Reliant Potter
- Silkworm Rearing
- Simple Methods of Candle Manufacture
- Small Scale Manufacture of Footwear
- Small Scale Papermaking
- Small Scale Recycling of Plastics
- Small Scale Weaving
- Small Scale Gold Mining
- Small Scale Mining
- Small Scale Soapmaking
- Soap Pilot Plant
- Stone
- Tanning of Hides and Skins
- Traditional Cheesemaking
- Vegetable Dyeing
- The Village Texturizer
- Work from Waste
- Yay Soybeans!
Disaster Preparedness
- Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: Overview
- Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: Estimation of Extreme Wind Speeds and Guide to the Determination of Wind Forces
- A Methodological Guide
- and Architectural Considerations
- Disaster Mitigation
- Economic Issues in Housing Reconstruction
- Emergency Health Management after Natural Disaster
- Emergency Vector Control after Natural Disaster
- Environmental Health Management after Natural Disaster
- Establishing Needs after a Disaster
- How to Build a House of Modern Adobe
- Improving Building Skills
- The Management of Nutritional Emergencies in Large Populations
- Medical Supply Management after Natural Disaster
- Minimum Standards for Cyclone Resistant Housing Utilizing Traditional Materials
- Materials
- Program Planning Guide
- Program Planning Options for the Reconstruction of Disaster Resistant Housing
- Shelter After Disaster
- Shelter after Disaster: Guidelines for Assistance
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook for Emergencies: Field Operations
- What is a Hurricane?
- What is a Tidal Wave?
- Wind Resistant Block Houses
- Background Reading