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''Appropriate Technology Sourcebook, published by [http://www.villageearth.org Village Earth], reviews over 1,150 of the best books on [[Appropriate technology]]. The complete text of the Sourcebook can be accessed on Village Earth's website [http://villageearth.org/appropriate-technology/appropriate-technology-sourcebook here]. Most of the books reviewed in the sourcebook are available as a collection in the AT Library on (28) CD-ROM or (2) DVD available for sale from [[Village Earth]] for $495 [http://villageearth.org/appropriate-technology/appropriate-technology-library]. Village Earth offers very generous discounts for NGO's and orders to the Global South. Most of the literature in the sourcebook is under copyright although some is in the public domain.'' Many of the books can be found [http://www.fastonline.org/content/section/4/29/ Faith and Sustainable Technologies].


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''Appropriate Technology Sourcebook'k 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.
== Complete List of Books by Subject in the Sourcebook and the AT Library ==


Please review the list below and mark the copyright of the individual books. For those in the public domain please provide links.
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/complete-list-of-books-by-subject-in-the-sourcebook-and-the-at-library Direct link to all AT Sourcebook Chapters]


===Complete List of Books by Subject in the Sourcebook and the AT Library [http://www.villageearth.org/pages/Appropriate_Technology/ATSourcebook/listofbooks.php]===
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'''Background Reading'''
=== '''Background Reading''' ===


Appropriate        Technology for African Women
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/background-reading Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Appropriate       Technology: Problems and Promises
*Appropriate Technology for African Women


The Barefoot        Book
*Appropriate Technology: Problems and Promises


Coming Full        Circle
*The Barefoot Book


Design for the        Real World
*Coming Full Circle


Experiences in        Appropriate Technology
*Design for the Real World


High Impact        Appropriate Technology Case Studies
*Experiences in Appropriate Technology


Introduction        to Appropriate Technology
*High Impact Appropriate Technology Case Studies


Paper Heroes
*Introduction to Appropriate Technology


Participatory        Approaches to Agricultural Research and Development
*Paper Heroes


Questioning        Development
*Participatory Approaches to Agricultural Research and Development


Radical        Technology
*Questioning Development


Repairs Reuse        Recycling
*Radical Technology


Rural Women
*Repairs Reuse Recycling


Sharing        Smaller Pies
*Rural Women


Strategies for        Small Farmer Development Projects
*Sharing Smaller Pies


Technology and        Employment in Industry
*Strategies for Small Farmer Development Projects


Technology for        the Masses in Invention Intelligence
*Technology and Employment in Industry


Towards Global        Action for Appropriate Technology
*Technology for the Masses in Invention Intelligence


Village        Technology in Eastern Africa
*Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology


When Aid is No        Help
*Village Technology in Eastern Africa


The World of        Appropriate Technology
*When Aid is No Help


'''General References'''
*The World of Appropriate Technology


Appropriate        Technology and Research Projects
=== '''General References''' ===


Appropriate        Technology Directory
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/general-references Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Appropriate       Technology for Rural Development
*Appropriate Technology and Research Projects


Appropriate       Technology Institutions: A Directory
*Appropriate Technology Directory


Appropriate       Technology Institutions: A Review
*Appropriate Technology for Rural Development


Appropriate       Technology: Directory of Machines Tools Plants Equipment Processes and        Industries
*Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Directory


Bibliography        of Appropriate Technology Information for Developing Countries
*Appropriate Technology Institutions: A Review


The Book of       the New Alchemists
*Appropriate Technology: Directory of Machines Tools Plants Equipment Processes and Industries


China at Work
*Bibliography of Appropriate Technology Information for Developing Countries


Dick's        Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes
*The Book of the New Alchemists


Economically        Appropriate Technologies for Developing Countries
*China at Work


Fichier        Encyclopedique du Development Rural
*Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes


Field        Director's Handbook
*Economically Appropriate Technologies for Developing Countries


Field        Engineering
*Fichier Encyclopedique du Development Rural


The Formula        Manual
*Field Director's Handbook


Foxfire Book 1
*Field Engineering


Foxfire Book 2
*The Formula Manual


Foxfire Book 3
*Foxfire Book 1


Foxfire Book 4
*Foxfire Book 2


Foxfire Book 5
*Foxfire Book 3


Foxfire Book 6
*Foxfire Book 4


A Guide to        Appropriate Technology Institutions
*Foxfire Book 5


Guide to        Convivial Tools
*Foxfire Book 6


Guide to       Technology Transfer in East Central and Southern Africa
*A Guide to Appropriate Technology Institutions


How to Build        Up a Simple Multidimensional Documentation System on Appropriate        Technology
*Guide to Convivial Tools


Intermediate        Technology in Ghana
*Guide to Technology Transfer in East Central and Southern Africa


Introducing        Family Planning in Your Neighborhood
*How to Build Up a Simple Multidimensional Documentation System on Appropriate Technology


The Journal of        the New Alchemists Volume 1
*Intermediate Technology in Ghana


The Journal of        the New Alchemists Volume 3
*Introducing Family Planning in Your Neighborhood


The Journal of       the New Alchemists Volume 4
*The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 1


The Journal of       the New Alchemists Volume 5
*The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 3


Knots for        Mountaineering: Camping Climbing Utility Rescue Etc.
*The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 4


Liklik Buk
*The Journal of the New Alchemists Volume 5


The Mechanical        Engineers' Pocket Book
*Knots for Mountaineering: Camping Climbing Utility Rescue Etc.


Mini        Technology II
*Liklik Buk


Mini        Technology
*The Mechanical Engineers' Pocket Book


MINKA
*Mini Technology II


More Other        Homes and Garbage
*Mini Technology


NonAgricultural        Choice of Technology
*MINKA


One Hundred        Innovations for Development
*More Other Homes and Garbage


People's        Workbook
*NonAgricultural Choice of Technology


Pictorial        Handbook of Technical Devices
*One Hundred Innovations for Development


RAINBOOK
*People's Workbook


Simple        Technologies for Rural Women in Bangladesh
*Pictorial Handbook of Technical Devices


Simple Working        Models of Historic Machines
*RAINBOOK


Soft Tech
*Simple Technologies for Rural Women in Bangladesh


Teknologi        Kampungan
*Simple Working Models of Historic Machines


Tinker Tailor        Technical Change
*Soft Tech


Traditional        Crafts of Persia
*Teknologi Kampungan


The Use of the        Radio in Family Planning
*Tinker Tailor Technical Change


Village        Technology Handbook
*Traditional Crafts of Persia


Visual Aids        Tracing Manual
*The Use of the Radio in Family Planning


World        Neighbors in Action
*Village Technology Handbook


'''Local Self-Relianc'''e
*Visual Aids Tracing Manual


Alternative        Development Strategies and Appropriate Technology
*World Neighbors in Action


Another        Development: Approaches and Strategies
=== '''Local Self-Reliance''' ===
:'''''[[AT Sourcebook/Local Self-Reliance|View expanded section]]'''''


Appropriate        Technology in Social Context
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/appropriate-technology-and-local-self-reliance Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


The Breakdown        of Nations
*[http://books.google.ca/books?id=QjpWAAAAMAAJ&q=Alternative+Development+Strategies+and+Appropriate+Technology&dq=Alternative+Development+Strategies+and+Appropriate+Technology&ei=JkiUS-bCKIOMlASm78GFDw&cd=1 Alternative Development Strategies and Appropriate Technology] - Science Policy for an Equitable World Order. Diwan, Romesh and Livingston, Dennis. 1933. USA: Pergamon Press Inc, (c) 1979. 0-08-023891-2


A Landscape        for Humans
*[http://books.google.ca/books?id=JCWMAAAAIAAJ&q=Another+Development:+Approaches+and+Strategies&dq=Another+Development:+Approaches+and+Strategies&ei=Z0mUS-ihKIfulQTlp7X4BA&cd=1 Another Development: Approaches and Strategies]. Nerfin, Marc. 1975. Sweden: Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, (c) 1977. 91-85214-06-X


Learning from        China
*[http://books.google.ca/books?id=5L9DHAAACAAJ&dq=Appropriate+Technology+in+Social+Context:+An+Annotated+Bibliography&ei=5EmUS9mwM5-klAT1q-2DAQ&cd=1 Appropriate Technology in Social Context: An Annotated Bibliography]. French, David. 1977. USA: Agency for International Development.


Local        Responses to Global Problems
*[http://books.google.ca/books?id=ycMNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Breakdown+of+Nations&ei=Y0qUS9__EJCkkASAwrzTCw&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false The Breakdown of Nations] - The study of economies, military forces, government programs, labor unions, businesses, neightbourhoods, and all other human endeavour. Kohr, Leopold. 1978. USA: E. P. Dutton, (c) 1978. 0-525-47529-X


Rural        SmallScale Industry in the People's Republic of China
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=yq5PAAAAMAAJ&q=A+Landscape+for+Humans+-+A+case+study+of+the+potentials+for+ecologically+guided+development+in+an+uplands+region.&dq=A+Landscape+for+Humans+-+A+case+study+of+the+potentials+for+ecologically+guided+development+in+an+uplands+region.&cd=1 A Landscape for Humans] - A case study of the potentials for ecologically guided development in an uplands region. van Dresser, Peter. 1972. USA: The Lighting Tree, (c) 1972. 0-89016-005-8


Rural        University
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=oX-6AAAAIAAJ&dq=Learning+from+China+-+A+Report+on+Agriculture+and+the+Chinese+People's+Communes&cd=1 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.


Small Scale        Cement Plants
*[[AT Sourcebook/Local Self-Reliance#Local Responses to Global Problems: A Key to Meeting Basic Human Needs|Local Responses to Global Problems: A Key to Meeting Basic Human Needs]]. Stokes, Bruce. 1978. Washingston : Worldwatch Institute, (c) 1978. 0-916468-16-X.


Soft        Technologies Hard Choices
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=eOavOQrxcqYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rural+Small-Scale+Industry+in+the+People's+Republic+of+China&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false 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.


Technologies        for Basic Needs
*[http://books.google.ca/books?id=vLXxNAAACAAJ&dq=rural+University+-+Learning+about+education+and+development&cd=1 Rural University - Learning about education and development.] Arbab, Farzam. 1984. Canada: International Development Research Centre, (c) 1984. 0-88936-427-3


Technology for        Ujamaa Village Development in Tanzania
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=bDBrQgAACAAJ&dq=Small+Scale+Cement+Plants.&cd=1 Small Scale Cement Plants.] Sigurdson, Jon. 1977. London : Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., (c) 1977. 0-903031-46-9.


Towards        Village Industry
*[[AT Sourcebook/Local Self-Reliance#Soft Technologies, Hard Choices|Soft Technologies, Hard Choices]]. Norman, Colin. 1978. Washington, U.S.A.: Worldwatch Institute, (c) 1978. 0-916468-20-8.


4Wheel Band        Saw
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2AiFAAAAIAAJ&q=Technologies+for+Basic+Needs&dq=Technologies+for+Basic+Needs&cd=1 Technologies for Basic Needs].Singer, Hans. 1977. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organisation, (c) 1977. 92-2-101774-5


Inch Table Saw
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=KyuHQgAACAAJ&dq=Technology+for+Ujamaa+Village+Development+in+Tanzania&cd=1 Technology for Ujamaa Village Development in Tanzania]. Vail, David J.. 1975. Syracuse, U.S.A.:Maxwell School of Cititizenship and Public Affairs, (c) 1975. 74-25876


'''Workshop'''
*[http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=20070650324167MT&q=towards+village+industry+a+strategy+for+development&uid=788391348&setcookie=yes Towards Village Industry - A Strategy for Development]. Berg, Liv; Nimpuno, Krisno;van Zwanenberg, Roger. 1978. United Kingdom: Intermidiate Technology Publications Ltd., (c) 1978. 0-903031-52-3


Amateur's        Workshop
=== '''Workshop''' ===


Basic Machines        and How They Work
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/the-workshop Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Bearing Design        and Fitting
*Amateur's Workshop


The Beginner's        Workshop
*Basic Machines and How They Work


Blacksmithing
*Bearing Design and Fitting


Blacksmithing        Welding and Soldering
*The Beginner's Workshop


A Blacksmith's        Bellows
*Blacksmithing


DeCristoforo's        Book of Power Tools Both Stationary and Portable
*Blacksmithing Welding and Soldering


Electric Motor        Test and Repair
*A Blacksmith's Bellows


Electroplating        for the Amateur
*DeCristoforo's Book of Power Tools Both Stationary and Portable


Equipment for        Rural Workshops Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering1
*Electric Motor Test and Repair


Fabricating        Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering
*Electroplating for the Amateur


Farm Shop and        Equipment
*Equipment for Rural Workshops Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering1


Foundrywork        for the Amateur
*Fabricating Simple Structures in Agricultural Engineering


Gear Wheels        and Gear Cutting
*Farm Shop and Equipment


General Metal        Work Sheet Metal Work and Hand Pump Maintenance
*Foundrywork for the Amateur


Handtool        Handbook for Woodworking
*Gear Wheels and Gear Cutting


Hardening and       Tempering Engineers' Tools
*General Metal Work Sheet Metal Work and Hand Pump Maintenance


Heavy Duty        Drill Press
*Handtool Handbook for Woodworking


How to Make a        Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work
*Hardening and Tempering Engineers' Tools


How to Make        Planes Cramps and Vices
*Heavy Duty Drill Press


How to Make       Twelve Woodworking Tools
*How to Make a Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work


How to Mill on        a Drill Press
*How to Make Planes Cramps and Vices


How to Use        Metal Tubing
*How to Make Twelve Woodworking Tools


How to Work        Sheet Metal
*How to Mill on a Drill Press


How to Work        with Copper Piping
*How to Use Metal Tubing


Lathe Sanders
*How to Work Sheet Metal


LeJay Manual
*How to Work with Copper Piping


LostWax        Casting
*Lathe Sanders


The Making of        Tools
*LeJay Manual


A Manual on        Sharpening Hand Woodworking Tools
*LostWax Casting


Metal Bending        Machine
*The Making of Tools


Metal Turning        Lathe Built from Stock Parts
*A Manual on Sharpening Hand Woodworking Tools


Metallurgy
*Metal Bending Machine


Metalworking        Handbook
*Metal Turning Lathe Built from Stock Parts


The Modern        Blacksmith
*Metallurgy


Motorize Your        Hacksaw
*Metalworking Handbook


A Museum of        Early American Tools
*The Modern Blacksmith


Oil Drum        Forges
*Motorize Your Hacksaw


Practical        Blacksmithing
*A Museum of Early American Tools


The Procedure        Handbook of Arc Welding
*Oil Drum Forges


The Recycling        Use and Repair of Tools
*Practical Blacksmithing


Scroll Saw
*The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding


Sharpening        Small Tools
*The Recycling Use and Repair of Tools


Sheet Metal        Brake
*Scroll Saw


Sheet Metal        Former
*Sharpening Small Tools


Shop Tactics
*Sheet Metal Brake


Small Scale        Foundries for Developing Countries
*Sheet Metal Former


Smelting        Furnace
*Shop Tactics


Spring Design        and Calculation
*Small Scale Foundries for Developing Countries


Stocking Spare        Parts for a Small Repair Shop
*Smelting Furnace


Technical        Drawing
*Spring Design and Calculation


Technology        Metal 1 Fundamental Skills
*Stocking Spare Parts for a Small Repair Shop


Three Welding        Jigs
*Technical Drawing


Tools and How        to Use Them
*Technology Metal 1 Fundamental Skills


Tools and        Their Uses
*Three Welding Jigs


Try Your Hand        at Metal Spinning
*Tools and How to Use Them


TwoSpeed        Bandsaw Cuts Wood and Metal
*Tools and Their Uses


The Use of        Hand Woodworking Tools
*Try Your Hand at Metal Spinning


Welding Craft        Practices
*TwoSpeed Bandsaw Cuts Wood and Metal


Wood Planer        for $100
*The Use of Hand Woodworking Tools


Workshop        Exercises Metal Fundamental Skills
*Welding Craft Practices


'''Agriculture'''
*Wood Planer for $100


Agricultural        Extension
*Workshop Exercises Metal Fundamental Skills


Agricultural        Extension: The Training and Visit System
=== '''Agriculture''' ===


AgroForestry        Systems for the Humid Tropics East of the Andes
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/sustainable-agriculture Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


An Agromedical        Approach to Pesticide Management
*Agricultural Extension


Alternative        Agriculture
*Agricultural Extension: The Training and Visit System


Animal        Husbandry in the Tropics
*AgroForestry Systems for the Humid Tropics East of the Andes


Approved        Practices in Soil Conservation
*An Agromedical Approach to Pesticide Management


The Art of the        Informal Agricultural Survey
*Alternative Agriculture


As You Sow
*Animal Husbandry in the Tropics


Backyard        Composting
*Approved Practices in Soil Conservation


The Basic Book        of Organic Gardening
*The Art of the Informal Agricultural Survey


Basic Soil        Improvement for Everyone
*As You Sow


Better Farming        Series #1 The Plant: The Living Plant The Root
*Backyard Composting


Better Farming        Series #2 The Plant: The Stems; The Buds; The Leaves
*The Basic Book of Organic Gardening


Better Farming        Series #3 The Plant: The Flower
*Basic Soil Improvement for Everyone


Better Farming       Series #4 The Soil: How the Soil is Made Up
*Better Farming Series #1 The Plant: The Living Plant The Root


Better Farming       Series #5 The Soil: How to Conserve the Soil
*Better Farming Series #2 The Plant: The Stems; The Buds; The Leaves


Better Farming       Series #6 The Soil: How to Improve the Soil
*Better Farming Series #3 The Plant: The Flower


Better Farming       Series #7 Crop Farming
*Better Farming Series #4 The Soil: How the Soil is Made Up


Better Farming       Series #8 Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals
*Better Farming Series #5 The Soil: How to Conserve the Soil


Better Farming       Series #9 Animal Husbandry: Animal Disease
*Better Farming Series #6 The Soil: How to Improve the Soil


Better Farming       Series #10 The Farm Business Survey
*Better Farming Series #7 Crop Farming


Better Farming       Series #11 Cattle Breeding
*Better Farming Series #8 Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals


Better Farming       Series #12 Sheep and Goat Breeding
*Better Farming Series #9 Animal Husbandry: Animal Disease


Better Farming       Series #13 Keeping Chickens
*Better Farming Series #10 The Farm Business Survey


Better Farming       Series #14 Farming with Animal Power
*Better Farming Series #11 Cattle Breeding


Better Farming       Series #15 Cereals
*Better Farming Series #12 Sheep and Goat Breeding


Better Farming       Series #16 Roots and Tubers
*Better Farming Series #13 Keeping Chickens


Better Farming       Series #17 Groundnuts
*Better Farming Series #14 Farming with Animal Power


Better Farming       Series #18 Bananas
*Better Farming Series #15 Cereals


Better Farming       Series #19 Market Gardening
*Better Farming Series #16 Roots and Tubers


Better Farming       Series #20 Upland Rice
*Better Farming Series #17 Groundnuts


Better Farming       Series #21 Wet Paddy or Swamp Rice
*Better Farming Series #18 Bananas


Better Farming       Series #22 Cocoa
*Better Farming Series #19 Market Gardening


Better Farming       Series #23 Coffee
*Better Farming Series #20 Upland Rice


Better Farming       Series #24 The Oil Palm
*Better Farming Series #21 Wet Paddy or Swamp Rice


Better Farming       Series #25 The Rubber Tree
*Better Farming Series #22 Cocoa


Better Farming       Series #26 The Modern Farm Business
*Better Farming Series #23 Coffee


Better Farming       Series # Freshwater Fish Farming
*Better Farming Series #24 The Oil Palm


The Book of        Geese
*Better Farming Series #25 The Rubber Tree


China:        Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture
*Better Farming Series #26 The Modern Farm Business


Code of        Practice for Safe Use of Pesticides
*Better Farming Series # Freshwater Fish Farming


Composting for        the Tropics
*The Book of Geese


Composting in       Tropical Agriculture
*China: Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture


Composting:        Sanitary Disposal and Reclamation of Organic Wastes
*Code of Practice for Safe Use of Pesticides


Conservation        Farming for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics
*Composting for the Tropics


The Design and        Optimization of Irrigation Distribution Networks
*Composting in Tropical Agriculture


Environmentally        Sound Small Scale Agricultural Projects
*Composting: Sanitary Disposal and Reclamation of Organic Wastes


Farm        Management Research for Small Farmer Development
*Conservation Farming for Small Farmers in the Humid Tropics


The Farmer's        Guide
*The Design and Optimization of Irrigation Distribution Networks


A Farmer's        Primer on Growing Rice
*Environmentally Sound Small Scale Agricultural Projects


Fields and        Pastures in Deserts
*Farm Management Research for Small Farmer Development


Friends of the        Rice Farmer
*The Farmer's Guide


Gardening for        Better Nutrition
*A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice


Gardening with        the Seasons
*Fields and Pastures in Deserts


Goat Health        Handbook
*Friends of the Rice Farmer


Growing Garden        Seeds
*Gardening for Better Nutrition


Guayule
*Gardening with the Seasons


Guide for        Field Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics
*Goat Health Handbook


Guide for        Small Holder Coffee Farmers
*Growing Garden Seeds


Guidelines for        Watershed Management
*Guayule


Gully Control        and Reclamation
*Guide for Field Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics


Handbook of        Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture
*Guide for Small Holder Coffee Farmers


The        Homesteader's Handbook for Raising Small Livestock
*Guidelines for Watershed Management


How to Grow        More Vegetables
*Gully Control and Reclamation


How to Make        Fertilizer
*Handbook of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture


How to Perform        an Agricultural Experiment
*The Homesteader's Handbook for Raising Small Livestock


Hydroponics
*How to Grow More Vegetables


Illustrated        Guide to Integrated Pest Management in Rice in Tropical Asia
*How to Make Fertilizer


Insights of        Outstanding Farmers
*How to Perform an Agricultural Experiment


Integrated        Farm Management
*Hydroponics


Integrated       Pest Management: A Catalogue of Training and Extension Materials
*Illustrated Guide to Integrated Pest Management in Rice in Tropical Asia


Integrated        Pest Management
*Insights of Outstanding Farmers


Intensive        Gardening for Profit and Self Sufficiency
*Integrated Farm Management


Intercropping        in Tropical Smallholder Agriculture with Special Reference to Wes tAfrica
*Integrated Pest Management: A Catalogue of Training and Extension Materials


Introduction        to Soil and Water Conservation Practices
*Integrated Pest Management


Irrigation        Principles and Practices
*Intensive Gardening for Profit and Self Sufficiency


Jojoba and Its        Uses
*Intercropping in Tropical Smallholder Agriculture with Special Reference to Wes tAfrica


Jojoba        Happenings
*Introduction to Soil and Water Conservation Practices


Jojoba: A        Guide to the Literature
*Irrigation Principles and Practices


Keeping        Livestock Healthy
*Jojoba and Its Uses


Leucaena Based        Farming
*Jojoba Happenings


Lost Crops of        the Incas
*Jojoba: A Guide to the Literature


Managing Pests        and Pesticides in Small Scale Agriculture
*Keeping Livestock Healthy


Manual for        Calculation of Check Dams
*Leucaena Based Farming


More Water for        Arid Lands
*Lost Crops of the Incas


The Nursery        Manual
*Managing Pests and Pesticides in Small Scale Agriculture


Operation and        Maintenance of Small Irrigation Schemes
*Manual for Calculation of Check Dams


Permaculture        II
*More Water for Arid Lands


Pigs and        Poultry in the South Pacific
*The Nursery Manual


A Planning        Guide for SmallScale Livestock Projects
*Operation and Maintenance of Small Irrigation Schemes


Practical        Poultry Raising
*Permaculture II


The Rabbit as        a Producer of Meat and Skins in Developing Countries
*Pigs and Poultry in the South Pacific


Rabbit        Production
*A Planning Guide for SmallScale Livestock Projects


Raising Goats        for Milk and Meat
*Practical Poultry Raising


Raising        Healthy Cattle Under Primitive Conditions
*The Rabbit as a Producer of Meat and Skins in Developing Countries


Raising        Healthy Goats Under Primitive Conditions
*Rabbit Production


Raising       Healthy Pigs Under Primitive Conditions
*Raising Goats for Milk and Meat


Raising       Healthy Poultry Under Primitive Conditions
*Raising Healthy Cattle Under Primitive Conditions


Raising       Healthy Rabbits Under Primitive Conditions
*Raising Healthy Goats Under Primitive Conditions


Raising       Poultry the Modern Way
*Raising Healthy Pigs Under Primitive Conditions


Raising       Rabbits
*Raising Healthy Poultry Under Primitive Conditions


Raising the        Home Duck Flock
*Raising Healthy Rabbits Under Primitive Conditions


The Samaka        Guide to Homesite Farming
*Raising Poultry the Modern Way


The        self-sufficient Gardener
*Raising Rabbits


Sheep Health        Handbook
*Raising the Home Duck Flock


Simple        Assessment Techniques for Soil and Water
*The Samaka Guide to Homesite Farming


Small Farm        Development
*The self-sufficient Gardener


Small Farm        Weed Control
*Sheep Health Handbook


Small Plastic        Greenhouses
*Simple Assessment Techniques for Soil and Water


Small Scale        Irrigation
*Small Farm Development


Small Scale        Pig Raising
*Small Farm Weed Control


Soil        Conservation
*Small Plastic Greenhouses


Soil Tillage        in the Tropics and Subtropics
*Small Scale Irrigation


Soils Crops        and Fertilizer Use
*Small Scale Pig Raising


Surface        Irrigation
*Soil Conservation


Technology        Applications Gap
*Soil Tillage in the Tropics and Subtropics


Test the Soil        First
*Soils Crops and Fertilizer Use


Training and        Visit Extension
*Surface Irrigation


Tropical Feeds
*Technology Applications Gap


Tropical        Legumes
*Test the Soil First


Tropical        Vegetables
*Training and Visit Extension


Try the Rabbit
*Tropical Feeds


Two Ears of        Corn
*Tropical Legumes


Underexploited        Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value
*Tropical Vegetables


Understanding        Small Farmers
*Try the Rabbit


Understanding        Traditional Agriculture
*Two Ears of Corn


The UNICEF        Home Gardens Handbook
*Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value


Vegetable        Production Under Arid and SemiArid Conditions in Tropical Africa
*Understanding Small Farmers


Vegetable        Seeds for the Tropics
*Understanding Traditional Agriculture


Vetiver Grass
*The UNICEF Home Gardens Handbook


The Water        Buffalo
*Vegetable Production Under Arid and SemiArid Conditions in Tropical Africa


The Winged        Bean
*Vegetable Seeds for the Tropics


'''Agricultural Tools'''
*Vetiver Grass


Adjustable        Width VDrag Ditcher/Bund Former
*The Water Buffalo


The Agribar        Operator's Manual
*The Winged Bean


Agricultural       Technology for Developing Nations
=== '''Agricultural Tools''' ===


American Farm        Tools
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/agricultural-tools Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Animal Power        in Farming Systems
*Adjustable Width VDrag Ditcher/Bund Former


Animal        Traction in Africa
*The Agribar Operator's Manual


Animal        Traction
*Agricultural Technology for Developing Nations


The Animal        Drawn Wheeled Tool Carrier
*American Farm Tools


Animal Drawn        Wheeled Tool carriers: Perfected Yet Rejected
*Animal Power in Farming Systems


Appropriate        Industrial Technology for Agricultural Machinery and Implements
*Animal Traction in Africa


Bell Alarms        and Sack Hoists in Windmills
*Animal Traction


Carts
*The Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool Carrier


Cassava        Grinder
*Animal Drawn Wheeled Tool carriers: Perfected Yet Rejected


Cereal        Processing
*Appropriate Industrial Technology for Agricultural Machinery and Implements


Chain Link        Fence Making Machine
*Bell Alarms and Sack Hoists in Windmills


Chitedze        Ridgemaster Toolbar
*Carts


Clod Crushers        Two Designs
*Cassava Grinder


Dibble Sticks        Donkeys and Diesels
*Cereal Processing


The Draft        Horse Primer
*Chain Link Fence Making Machine


Eight Simple        Surveying Levels
*Chitedze Ridgemaster Toolbar


The Employment        of Draught Animals in Agriculture
*Clod Crushers Two Designs


Farm        Implements for Arid and Tropical Regions
*Dibble Sticks Donkeys and Diesels


A Feeder to        Improve the Performance of a Hand Operated Groundnut Sheller
*The Draft Horse Primer


Foot Powered        Thresher
*Eight Simple Surveying Levels


Guide Book for        Rural Cottage and Small and Medium Industries: Paddy Rice Cultivation
*The Employment of Draught Animals in Agriculture


The Handcart        Handbook
*Farm Implements for Arid and Tropical Regions


A Hand       Operated Bar Mill for Decorticating Sunflower Seed
*A Feeder to Improve the Performance of a Hand Operated Groundnut Sheller


A Hand        Operated Winnower
*Foot Powered Thresher


The Harness        Maker's Illustrated Manual
*Guide Book for Rural Cottage and Small and Medium Industries: Paddy Rice Cultivation


Harnessing and        Implements for Animal Traction
*The Handcart Handbook


The Harnessing        of Draught Animals
*A Hand Operated Bar Mill for Decorticating Sunflower Seed


Harrows
*A Hand Operated Winnower


Horse Drawn        Farm Implements
*The Harness Maker's Illustrated Manual


How to Repair        Briggs and Stratton Engines
*Harnessing and Implements for Animal Traction


IDC Weeding        Attachment for EMCOT Plow
*The Harnessing of Draught Animals


IDCBornu        Groundnut Lifter and IT Groundnut Lifter
*Harrows


Introduction        of Animal Powered Cereal Mills
*Horse Drawn Farm Implements


IT Expandable        Cultivator
*How to Repair Briggs and Stratton Engines


IT Granule        Applicator
*IDC Weeding Attachment for EMCOT Plow


IT High        Clearance Rotary Hoe
*IDCBornu Groundnut Lifter and IT Groundnut Lifter


Kabanyalo        Toolbar
*Introduction of Animal Powered Cereal Mills


Lightweight        Seeder/Spreader
*IT Expandable Cultivator


Making Coir        Rope
*IT Granule Applicator


Mechanics in        Agriculture
*IT High Clearance Rotary Hoe


MultiAction        Paddy Field Puddling Tool
*Kabanyalo Toolbar


Oil Extraction
*Lightweight Seeder/Spreader


Oil Soaked        Wood Bearings
*Making Coir Rope


Old Farm Tools        and Machinery
*Mechanics in Agriculture


OxDrawn Tie        Ridger/Weeder Implement
*MultiAction Paddy Field Puddling Tool


A Pedal        Operated Grain Mill
*Oil Extraction


The Potential        for SmallScale Solar Powered Irrigation in Pakistan
*Oil Soaked Wood Bearings


Prototype        multipurpose OxDrawn Tool
*Old Farm Tools and Machinery


The "Rasulia"        Bladed Roller Thresher
*OxDrawn Tie Ridger/Weeder Implement


Repair and        Maintenance of Stationary Diesel Engines
*A Pedal Operated Grain Mill


Rice:        Postharvest Technology
*The Potential for SmallScale Solar Powered Irrigation in Pakistan


Root Crop        Processing
*Prototype multipurpose OxDrawn Tool


Rotary Corn        (Sorghum) Thresher
*The "Rasulia" Bladed Roller Thresher


Rotary Weeder        for Row Planted Rice
*Repair and Maintenance of Stationary Diesel Engines


Rural Africa        Development Project
*Rice: Postharvest Technology


The Scythe        Book
*Root Crop Processing


Seed Dressing        Drum (Hand Operated)
*Rotary Corn (Sorghum) Thresher


Single Row and        ThreeRow Rice Seeders
*Rotary Weeder for Row Planted Rice


Sled Type        Corrugator Irrigation Furrow Former
*Rural Africa Development Project


Small Farm        Equipment for Developing Countries
*The Scythe Book


Small Gas        Engines
*Seed Dressing Drum (Hand Operated)


Small Scale        Maize Milling
*Single Row and ThreeRow Rice Seeders


Small Scale        Oil Extraction from Groundnuts and Copra
*Sled Type Corrugator Irrigation Furrow Former


Small Scale        Processing of Oilfruits and Oilseeds
*Small Farm Equipment for Developing Countries


SmallScale        Solar Powered Irrigation Pumping Systems
*Small Gas Engines


Solar        Photovoltaics for Irrigation Water Pumping
*Small Scale Maize Milling


Solar Water        Pumping: A Handbook
*Small Scale Oil Extraction from Groundnuts and Copra


Tools for        Agriculture
*Small Scale Processing of Oilfruits and Oilseeds


Tools for        Homesteaders Gardeners and SmallScale Farmers
*SmallScale Solar Powered Irrigation Pumping Systems


Treadle        Operated Peanut Thresher
*Solar Photovoltaics for Irrigation Water Pumping


The        Tropicultor's Manual: Field Operations
*Solar Water Pumping: A Handbook


The Weeder        Mulcher
*Tools for Agriculture


The Winnower
*Tools for Homesteaders Gardeners and SmallScale Farmers


Winnowing Fan
*Treadle Operated Peanut Thresher


'''Crop Preservation'''
*The Tropicultor's Manual: Field Operations


Appropriate        Technology for Grain Storage
*The Weeder Mulcher


China: Grain        Storage Structures
*The Winnower


Construction        of a Brick Hot Air Copra Dryer
*Winnowing Fan


Cookbook for        Building a Solar Crop Dryer
=== '''Crop Preservation''' ===


Domestic Grain        Storage Bins
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/crop-drying-preservation-and-storage Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Dry It You'll        Like It
*Appropriate Technology for Grain Storage


Drying and        Processing Tree Fruits
*China: Grain Storage Structures


Drying        Equipment for Cereal Grains and Other Agricultural Produce
*Construction of a Brick Hot Air Copra Dryer


Evaluation of        the Bissa
*Cookbook for Building a Solar Crop Dryer


Fish        Processing
*Domestic Grain Storage Bins


Food Drying
*Dry It You'll Like It


Fruit and       Vegetable Processing
*Drying and Processing Tree Fruits


Guide to the        Manufacture of Metal Bins
*Drying Equipment for Cereal Grains and Other Agricultural Produce


Handling and        Storage of Food Grains in Tropical and Subtropical Areas
*Evaluation of the Bissa


Home Scale        Processing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables
*Fish Processing


How to Build a        Solar Crop Dryer
*Food Drying


How to Dry        Fruits and Vegetables
*Fruit and Vegetable Processing


How to Make a        Solar Cabinet Dryer for Agricultural Produce
*Guide to the Manufacture of Metal Bins


How to Salt        Fish
*Handling and Storage of Food Grains in Tropical and Subtropical Areas


Manual on        Improved Farm and VillageLevel Grain Storage Methods
*Home Scale Processing and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables


Systems
*How to Build a Solar Crop Dryer


Postharvest        Food Losses in Developing Countries
*How to Dry Fruits and Vegetables


Potential of        Solar Agricultural Dryers in Developing Areas Preservation of Foods
*How to Make a Solar Cabinet Dryer for Agricultural Produce


Principles of        Potato Storage
*How to Salt Fish


Rural Home        Techniques: Food Preservation
*Manual on Improved Farm and VillageLevel Grain Storage Methods


Simple Grain        Drier
*Systems


Small Farm        Grain Storage
*Postharvest Food Losses in Developing Countries


Small-Scale        Processing of Fish
*Potential of Solar Agricultural Dryers in Developing Areas Preservation of Foods


Solar Drying:        Practical Methods of Food Preservation
*Principles of Potato Storage


Solar Grain        Drying
*Rural Home Techniques: Food Preservation


Stocking Up
*Simple Grain Drier


Storage       Management
*Small Farm Grain Storage


Storage of       Food Grain
*Small-Scale Processing of Fish


Storing        Vegetables and Fruits in Basements Cellars Outbuildings and Pits
*Solar Drying: Practical Methods of Food Preservation


Sun Dry Your        Fruits and Vegetables
*Solar Grain Drying


A Survey of        Solar Agricultural Dryers
*Stocking Up


'''Forest'''ry
*Storage Management


Agroforestry        Species: A Crop Sheets Manual
*Storage of Food Grain


Barnacle        Parp's Chain Saw Guide
*Storing Vegetables and Fruits in Basements Cellars Outbuildings and Pits


The Chainsaw        and the Lumbermaker
*Sun Dry Your Fruits and Vegetables


China:        Forestry Support for Agriculture
*A Survey of Solar Agricultural Dryers


Constructing        and Operating a Small Solar Heated Lumber Dryer
=== '''Forestry''' ===
:'''''[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry|View expanded section]]'''''


Crosscut Saw        Manual
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/forestry Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Environmentally        Sound SmallScale Forestry Projects
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry#Agroforestry Species: A Crop Sheets Manual|Agroforestry Species: A Crop Sheets Manual]]


Firewood Crops
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide|Barnacle Parp's Chain Saw Guide]]


Forest Farming
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/The Chainsaw and the Lumbermaker|The Chainsaw and the Lumbermaker]]


A Forest Tree        Seed Directory
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/China: Forestry Support for Agriculture|China: Forestry Support for Agriculture]]


Forestry Case        Studies
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Constructing and Operating a Small Solar Heated Lumber Dryer|Constructing and Operating a Small Solar Heated Lumber Dryer]]


Forestry for        Local Community Development
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Crosscut Saw Manual|Crosscut Saw Manual]]


Frame Saw        Manual
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Environmentally Sound SmallScale Forestry Projects|Environmentally Sound SmallScale Forestry Projects]]


Land Clearance
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Firewood Crops|Firewood Crops]]


Leucaena
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Forest Farming|Forest Farming]]


Make Your Own        Precision Milled Lumber from Logs and Trees: Alaskan MKII
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/A Forest Tree Seed Directory|A Forest Tree Seed Directory]]


Manual of        Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Forestry Case Studies|Forestry Case Studies]]


Natural        Durability and Preservation of One Hundred Tropical African Woods
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Forestry for Local Community Development|Forestry for Local Community Development]]


An Overview of        Possible Uses of Sawdust
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Frame Saw Manual|Frame Saw Manual]]


People and        Trees
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Land Clearance|Land Clearance]]


Planning for        Agroforestry
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Leucaena|Leucaena]]


Planting Tree        Crops
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Make Your Own Precision Milled Lumber from Logs and Trees: Alaskan MKII|Make Your Own Precision Milled Lumber from Logs and Trees: Alaskan MKII]]


A Pocket        Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Manual of Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines|Manual of Reforestation and Erosion Control for the Philippines]]


The        Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Natural Durability and Preservation of One Hundred Tropical African Woods|Natural Durability and Preservation of One Hundred Tropical African Woods]]


Reforestation        in Arid Lands
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/An Overview of Possible Uses of Sawdust|An Overview of Possible Uses of Sawdust]]


Savanna        Afforestation in Africa
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/People and Trees|People and Trees]]


ShortRotation        Forestry
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Planning for Agroforestry|Planning for Agroforestry]]


Small and        Medium Sawmills in Developing Countries
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Practical Guide to Dryland Farming: Planting Tree Crops|Practical Guide to Dryland Farming: Planting Tree Crops]]


Timber Drying        Manual
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya|A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya]]


Tree Crops
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees|The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees]]


Tree Planting        in Africa South of the Sahara
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Reforestation in Arid Lands|Reforestation in Arid Lands]]


Wood        Harvesting with Hand Tools
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Savanna Afforestation in Africa|Savanna Afforestation in Africa]]


'''Aquaculture'''
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Short Rotation Forestry|ShortRotation Forestry]]


Aquaculture        Practices in Taiwan
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Small and Medium Sawmills in Developing Countries|Small and Medium Sawmills in Developing Countries]]


Artificial        Salmon Spawning
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Timber Drying Manual|Timber Drying Manual]]


Better        Freshwater Fish Farming: The Fish
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Tree Crops|Tree Crops]]


Better        Freshwater Fish Farming: The Pond
*[[AT Sourcebook/Forestry/Tree Planting in Africa South of the Sahara|Tree Planting in Africa South of the Sahara]]


Elementary        Guide to Fish Culture in Nepal
*[[Original:Wood Harvesting with Hand Tools|Wood Harvesting with Hand Tools]]


Fish Catching        Methods of the World
=== '''Aquaculture''' ===


Fish Culture        in Central East Africa
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/aquaculture Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Fishing with        Bottom Gillnets
*[[Aquaculture Practices in Taiwan]]: T.P. Chen. Farnham, Surrey, England: Fishing News Books Ltd, (c)1976


Freshwater        Fish Farming: How to
*[[Artificial Salmon Spawning]]: William W. Smoker, Curtis L. Kerns. Fairbanks, AK, USA: University of Alaska Sea Grant Program


Freshwater       Fish Pond Culture and Management
*[[Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Fish]]


Freshwater       Fisheries and Aquaculture in China
*[[Better Freshwater Fish Farming: The Pond]]


Making Aquatic        Weeds Useful
*[[Elementary Guide to Fish Culture in Nepal]]: Elek Woynarovich. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (c) 1975


Pair Trawling        with Small Boats
*[[Fish Catching Methods of the World]]: Andres von Brandt. Farnham, Surrey, England: Fishing News Books Ltd, (c) 1964


Practical        Shellfish Farming
*[[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


Profitable        Cage Culture
*[[Fishing with Bottom Gillnets]]


Raising Fresh        Fish in Your Home Waters
*[[Freshwater Fish Farming: How to]]


Salmon        Rancher's Manual
*[[Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management]]: Marilyn Chakroff. Arlington, VA, USA: VITA/Peace Corps, (c) 1976


Tropical        Oysters
*[[Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture in China]]


'''Water Supply: Background'''
*[[Making Aquatic Weeds Useful]]


Environmentally        Sound Small-ScaLe Water Projects
*[[Pair Trawling with Small Boats]]


Guidelines on        Health Aspects of Plumbing
*[[Practical Shellfish Farming]]


Water for the        Thousand Millions
*[[Profitable Cage Culture]]


Hand Pump        Maintenance in the Context of Community Well Projects
*[[Raising Fresh Fish in Your Home Waters]]


Programmes
*[[Salmon Rancher's Manual]]


Rainwater        Harvesting
*[[Tropical Oysters]]


Using Water       Resources
=== '''Water Supply: Background''' ===


Design        Problems for a Simple Rural Supply System
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/water-supply-and-sanitation Direct link to Sourcebook Chapter]


Gravity Flow        Water Systems
*Environmentally Sound Small-ScaLe Water Projects


Hand Drilled        Wells
*Guidelines on Health Aspects of Plumbing


Hand Dug Wells        and Their Construction
*Water for the Thousand Millions


A Handbook of       Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities
*Hand Pump Maintenance in the Context of Community Well Projects


Manual for        Rural Water Supply
*Programmes


Manual for        Water Systems and Pipe Work
*Rainwater Harvesting


Public        Standpost Water Supplies
*Using Water Resources


Public        Standpost Water Supplies: A Design Manual
*Design Problems for a Simple Rural Supply System


Rainwater        Harvesting for Domestic Water Supply in Developing Countries
*Gravity Flow Water Systems


Residential        and non-residential Drinking Water Installations and Drainage Requirements        in Buildings in Nepal
*Hand Drilled Wells


Rural Water        Supply in China
*Hand Dug Wells and Their Construction


Rural Water       Supply in Developing Countries
*A Handbook of Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities


Rural Water       Supply in Nepal: Concrete
*Manual for Rural Water Supply


Rural Water       Supply in Nepal: Construction Design Course
*Manual for Water Systems and Pipe Work


Rural Water       Supply in Nepal: Hydrology and Water Cycle
*Public Standpost Water Supplies


Rural Water       Supply in Nepal: Pipes and Fittings
*Public Standpost Water Supplies: A Design Manual


Rural Water       Supply in Nepal: Stone Masonry
*Rainwater Harvesting for Domestic Water Supply in Developing Countries


self-help        Wells
*Residential and non-residential Drinking Water Installations and Drainage Requirements in Buildings in Nepal


Small        Community Water Supplies
*Rural Water Supply in China


Village Water       Systems
*Rural Water Supply in Developing Countries


Water Supply       for Rural Areas and Small Communities
*Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Concrete


Water Wells        Manual
*Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Construction Design Course


Well        Construction Using Curved Hollow Block
*Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Hydrology and Water Cycle


Wells        Construction: handgun and HandDrilled
*Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Pipes and Fittings


'''Water Supply: Pumps'''
*Rural Water Supply in Nepal: Stone Masonry


Chinese Chain        and Washer Pumps
*self-help Wells


Community       Water Supply: The Handpump Option
*Small Community Water Supplies


A Comparative        Assessment of Photovoltaics Handpumps and Diesels for Rural Water Supply
*Village Water Systems


The        Construction of a Hydraulic Ram Pump
*Water Supply for Rural Areas and Small Communities


Hand Pumps for        Use in Drinking Water Supplies in Developing Countries
*Water Wells Manual


Handpumps        Testing and Development: Proceedings of a Workshop in China
*Well Construction Using Curved Hollow Block


Handpumps        Testing and Development: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Testing
*Wells Construction: handgun and HandDrilled


Hydraulic        Rams3
=== '''Water Supply: Pumps''' ===


Hydraulic        Rams: Consumer's Guide
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/water-supply-and-sanitation Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Laboratory        Testing of Handpumps for Developing Countries
*Chinese Chain and Washer Pumps


Manual of        Information: RIFE Hydraulic Rams
*Community Water Supply: The Handpump Option


A Manual on        the Hydraulic Ram Pump for Pumping Water
*A Comparative Assessment of Photovoltaics Handpumps and Diesels for Rural Water Supply


Popular        Mechanics Hydraulic Ram0
*The Construction of a Hydraulic Ram Pump


Pump Selection        Pumps and Water Lifters for Rural Development
*Hand Pumps for Use in Drinking Water Supplies in Developing Countries


The Rower Pump
*Handpumps Testing and Development: Proceedings of a Workshop in China


Use of        Hydraulic Rams in Nepal
*Handpumps Testing and Development: Progress Report on Field and Laboratory Testing


Village        Hand-pump Technology
*Hydraulic Rams3


Water Current        Turbines
*Hydraulic Rams: Consumer's Guide


Water-Pumping        Devices
*Laboratory Testing of Handpumps for Developing Countries


Women and the        Transport of Water
*Manual of Information: RIFE Hydraulic Rams


'''Water Supply: Tanks'''
*A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram Pump for Pumping Water


Ferrocement        Water Tanks and Their Construction
*Popular Mechanics Hydraulic Ram0


Construction        Manual for 3500 gal. Ferrocement Water Tank
*Pump Selection Pumps and Water Lifters for Rural Development


Bamboo        Reinforced Concrete Rainwater Collection Tanks
*The Rower Pump


From Ferro to        Bamboo
*Use of Hydraulic Rams in Nepal


'''Water Supply: Treatment'''
*Village Hand-pump Technology


How to Make a        Solar Still (Plastic Covered)
*Water Current Turbines


Installation        of a Solar Distillation Plant on Ile de la Gonave Haiti
*Water-Pumping Devices


Plans for a        Glass and Concrete Solar Still
*Women and the Transport of Water


The        Purification of Water on a Small Scale
=== '''Water Supply: Tanks''' ===


Simple Solar        Still for the Production of Distilled Water
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/water-supply-and-sanitation Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Simplified        Procedures for Water Examination
*Ferrocement Water Tanks and Their Construction


Slow Sand        Filtration for Community Water Supply in Developing Countries
*Construction Manual for 3500 gal. Ferrocement Water Tank


Design and        Construction Manual
*Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Rainwater Collection Tanks


Construction        Operation and Maintenance
*From Ferro to Bamboo


Slow Sand        Filtration
=== '''Water Supply: Treatment''' ===


Solar        Disinfection of Drinking Water and Oral Rehydration Solutions
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/water-supply-and-sanitation Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Solar       Distillation as a Means of Meeting Small Scale Water Demands
*How to Make a Solar Still (Plastic Covered)


Water        Treatment and Sanitation
*Installation of a Solar Distillation Plant on Ile de la Gonave Haiti


'''Water Supply: Sanitation'''
*Plans for a Glass and Concrete Solar Still


A.T. for Water       Supply and Sanitation: Sanitation Alternatives for LowIncome Communities4
*The Purification of Water on a Small Scale


A.T. for Water       Supply and Sanitation: Technical and Economic Options
*Simple Solar Still for the Production of Distilled Water


A.T. for Water       Supply and Sanitation: A Planner's Guide
*Simplified Procedures for Water Examination


A.T. for Water       Supply and Sanitation: Health Aspects of Excreta and Sullage Management
*Slow Sand Filtration for Community Water Supply in Developing Countries


A.T. for Water        Supply and Sanitation: LowCost Technology Options for Sanitation
*Design and Construction Manual


A.T. for Water        Supply and Sanitation: Sociocultural Aspects of Water Supply and Excreta        Disposal
*Construction Operation and Maintenance


A.T. for Water        Supply and Sanitation: Night Soil Composting
*Slow Sand Filtration


Aquaculture: A        Component of Low Cost Sanitation Technology
*Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water and Oral Rehydration Solutions


The        CoComposting of Domestic Solid and Human Wastes
*Solar Distillation as a Means of Meeting Small Scale Water Demands


Compost        Toilets
*Water Treatment and Sanitation


The Design of        Small Bore Sewer Systems
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The Design of        Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines
=== '''Water Supply: Sanitation''' ===


Double Vault        Composting Toilets
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/water-supply-and-sanitation Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Dry Composting        Latrines in Guatemala
*A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sanitation Alternatives for LowIncome Communities4


Excreta        Disposal for Rural Areas and Small Communities
*A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Technical and Economic Options


Goodbye to the        Flush Toilet
*A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: A Planner's Guide


How to Build a        Pit Latrine
*A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Health Aspects of Excreta and Sullage Management


Human Faeces        Urine and Their Utilization
*A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: LowCost Technology Options for Sanitation


Manual on the        Design Construction and Maintenance of Low Cost PourFlush Waterseal        Latrines in India
*A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sociocultural Aspects of Water Supply and Excreta Disposal


Natural Sewage        Recycling Systems
*A.T. for Water Supply and Sanitation: Night Soil Composting


Sanitation       Handbook (Nepal)
*Aquaculture: A Component of Low Cost Sanitation Technology


Sanitation in        Developing Countries
*The CoComposting of Domestic Solid and Human Wastes


Sanitation        Without Water
*Compost Toilets


Septic Tank        Practices
*The Design of Small Bore Sewer Systems


Ventilated       Improved Pit Latrines
*The Design of Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines


'''Water Supply: Solid Waste'''
*Double Vault Composting Toilets


Wastewater        Irrigation in Developing Countries
*Dry Composting Latrines in Guatemala


Management of        Solid Wastes in Developing Countries
*Excreta Disposal for Rural Areas and Small Communities


Recycling from        Municipal Refuse
*Goodbye to the Flush Toilet


Residential        Water ReUse
*How to Build a Pit Latrine


'''Energy: General'''
*Human Faeces Urine and Their Utilization


Design for a        PedalDriven Power Unit for Transport and Machine Uses in Developing        Countries
*Manual on the Design Construction and Maintenance of Low Cost PourFlush Waterseal Latrines in India


The Economics        of Renewable Energy Systems for Developing Countries
*Natural Sewage Recycling Systems


Energy for        Rural Development (Supplement)
*Sanitation Handbook (Nepal)


Energy for        Rural Development
*Sanitation in Developing Countries


Energy: The        Solar Prospect
*Sanitation Without Water


Food or Fuel
*Septic Tank Practices


Foot Power
*Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines


Fuel Alcohol        Production
=== '''Water Supply: Solid Waste''' ===


Fuel from        Farms
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/water-supply-and-sanitation Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Gemini        Synchronous Inverter Systems
*Wastewater Irrigation in Developing Countries


The Haybox
*Management of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries


The Heat        Generator
*Recycling from Municipal Refuse


Hot Water
*Residential Water ReUse


Independent        Energy
=== '''Energy: General''' ===


Manege:       AnimalDriven Power Gear
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/energy Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Model Boilers        and Boilermaking
*[[Design for a PedalDriven Power Unit for Transport and Machine Uses in Developing Countries]]


Model        Stationary and Marine Steam Engines
*[[The Economics of Renewable Energy Systems for Developing Countries]]


Pedal Power:        In Work Leisure and Transportation
*[[Energy for Rural Development (Supplement)]]


The Planning        Installation and Maintenance of LowVoltage Rural Electrification Systems        and Subsystems
*[[Energy for Rural Development]]


The Power        Guide
*[[Energy: The Solar Prospect]]


Proceedings of        the Meeting of the Expert Working Group on the Use of Solar and Wind        Energy
*[[Food or Fuel]]


Rays of Hope
*[[Foot Power]]


Renewable        Energy Research in India?Renewable Energy Resources and Rural Applications        in the Developing World
*[[Fuel Alcohol Production]]


Small Scale        Renewable Energy Resources and Locally Feasible Technology in Nepal
*[[Fuel from Farms]]


The Solar        Energy Timetable
*[[Gemini Synchronous Inverter Systems]]


Steam Power
*[[The Haybox]]


The Use of        Pedal Power for Agriculture and Transport in Developing Countries
*[[The Heat Generator]]


'''Energy: Cookstoves'''
*[[Hot Water]]


Brief Notes on        the Design and Construction of Wood-burning Cook-stoves
*[[Independent Energy]]


Burning Issues
*[[Manege: AnimalDriven Power Gear]]


Charcoal        Making for Small Scale Enterprises
*[[Model Boilers and Boilermaking]]


Charcoal        Production Using a Transportable Metal Kiln
*[[Model Stationary and Marine Steam Engines]]


Comparing        Simple Charcoal Production Technologies for the Caribbean
*[[Pedal Power: In Work Leisure and Transportation]]


Comparison of       Improved Stoves
*[[The Planning Installation and Maintenance of LowVoltage Rural Electrification Systems and Subsystems]]


The Complete        Book of Heating with Wood
*[[The Power Guide]]


The        Construction Installation and Operation of an Improved Pit-Kiln for        Charcoal Production
*[[Proceedings of the Meeting of the Expert Working Group on the Use of Solar and Wind Energy]]


The        Construction of a Transportable Charcoal Kiln
*[[Rays of Hope]]


A Cooking        Place for Large-Sized Pots
*[[Renewable Energy Research in India]]


Cook-stove        Construction by the TerraCETA Method
*[[Renewable Energy Resources and Rural Applications in the Developing World]]


Designing a        Test Procedure for Domestic Wood-burning Stoves
*[[Small Scale Renewable Energy Resources and Locally Feasible Technology in Nepal]]


Double Drum        Sawdust Stove
*[[The Solar Energy Timetable]]


From Lorena to        a Mountain of Fire
*[[Steam Power]]


Guidelines on        Evaluating the Fuel Consumption of Improved Cookstoves
*[[The Use of Pedal Power for Agriculture and Transport in Developing Countries]]


Helping People        in Poor Countries Develop FuelSaving Cookstoves
=== '''Energy: Cookstoves''' ===


How to Build        an Oil Barrel Stove
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/energy-improved-cookstoves-and-charcoal-production Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Improved Wood       Waste and Charcoal Burning Stoves
*[[Brief Notes on the Design and Construction of Wood-burning Cook-stoves]]


The Kenya        Ceramic Jiko
*[[Burning Issues]]


Lab Tests of        Fired Clay Stoves the Economics of Improved Stoves and Steady State Heat        Loss from Massive Stoves
*[[Charcoal Making for Small Scale Enterprises]]


Laboratory and        Field Testing of Monolithic Mud Stoves
*[[Charcoal Production Using a Transportable Metal Kiln]]


Less Smoky        Rooms
*[[Comparing Simple Charcoal Production Technologies for the Caribbean]]


Lorena        OwnerBuilt Stoves
*[[Comparison of Improved Stoves]]. Georges Yameogo et.al. 1983. IVE, THE, GTZ, CILSS, VITA.


Modern Stoves        for All
*[[The Complete Book of Heating with Wood]]


New Nepali        Cooking Stoves
*[[The Construction Installation and Operation of an Improved Pit-Kiln for Charcoal Production]]. A R Paddon. Tropical Development and Research Institute. 1986


One Pot Two        Pot...Jackpot
*[[The Construction of a Transportable Charcoal Kiln]] W.D.J. Whitehead. Tropical Research and Development Institute, UK. (c) 1980.


Report on        Training of District Extensionists
*[[A Cooking Place for Large-Sized Pots]]. Andreas Baachmann and Thondup D. Kongtsa. UNICEF. (c) 1984.


Rice Husk        Conversion to Energy
*[[Cook-stove Construction by the TerraCETA Method]]


Rice Husks as        a Fuel
*[[Designing a Test Procedure for Domestic Wood-burning Stoves]]


SawdustBurning        Space Heater Stove
*[[Double Drum Sawdust Stove]]


The        SocioEconomic Context of Fuelwood Use in Small Communities
*[[From Lorena to a Mountain of Fire]]


Splitting        Firewood
*[[Guidelines on Evaluating the Fuel Consumption of Improved Cookstoves]]


Technology        Markets and People
*[[Helping People in Poor Countries Develop FuelSaving Cookstoves]]


Testing the        Efficiency of WoodBurning Cookstoves
*[[How to Build an Oil Barrel Stove]]


Testing Timber        for Moisture Content
*[[Improved Wood Waste and Charcoal Burning Stoves]]. Bill Stewart et. al. Intermediate Technology, UK. (c) 1987


Wood        Conserving Cook Stoves Bibliography
*[[The Kenya Ceramic Jiko]]. Hugh Allen. Intermediate Technology. (c) 1991


Wood        Conserving Cook Stoves: A Design Guide
*[[Lab Tests of Fired Clay Stoves the Economics of Improved Stoves and Steady State Heat Loss from Massive Stoves]]. Georges Yameogo et.al. 1982. CILSS/VITA.


A Woodstove        Compendium
*[[Laboratory and Field Testing of Monolithic Mud Stoves]]


'''Energy: Wind'''
*[[Less Smoky Rooms]]. Andreas Bachmann. UNICEF. (c) 1984.


Aspects of        Irrigation with Windmills
*[[Lorena Owner-Built Stoves]]


Considerations        for the Use of Wind Power for Borehole Pumping
*[[Modern Stoves for All]]


Construction        Manual for PU350 and PU500 Windmills
*[[New Nepali Cooking Stoves]]


Construction        Manual for a Cretan Windmill
*[[One Pot Two Pot...Jackpot]]. Simon Burne. 1985. ITDG.


Electric Power        from the Wind
*[[Report on Training of District Extensionists]]. 1985. ITDG.


Energy from        the Wind
*[[Rice Husk Conversion to Energy]]


Food from        Windmills
*[[Rice Husks as a Fuel]]


The Gaudgaon        Village Sailwing Windmill
*[[Sawdust Burning Space-Heater Stove]]


The Homebuilt        WindGenerated Electricity Handbook
*[[The SocioEconomic Context of Fuelwood Use in Small Communities]]. Dennis
Wood et. al. 1980. Aid Decument and Information Handling Facilitiy, USA.


Homemade 6Volt        WindElectric Plants
*[[Splitting Firewood]]. David Tresemer. Green River Tools. (c) 1981


The Homemade        Windmills of Nebraska
*[[Technology Markets and People: The use and misuse of fuel stoves]]. 1989, United Nations Environment Program. Nairobi, Kenya. (c) 1989


Horizontal        Axis Fast Running Wind Turbines for Developing Countries
*[[Testing the Efficiency of Wood-Burning Cookstoves]]


How to Build a        "Cretan Sail" Windpump for Use in LowSpeed Wind Conditions
*[[Testing Timber for Moisture Content]]. 1974. Division of Building Research, Australia.


How to        Construct a Cheap Wind Machine for Pumping Water
*[[Wood Conserving Cook Stoves Bibliography]]. 1983. VITA (Volunteers in Technical Assistance).


Low Cost Wind        Speed Indicator
*[[Wood Conserving Cook Stoves: A Design Guide]]


LowCost        Windmill for Developing Nations
*[[Wood Stoves: How to Make and Use Them]]


Matching of        Wind Rotors to Low Power Electrical Generators
*[[A Woodstove Compendium]]


Optimization        and Characteristics of a Sailwing Windmill Rotor
=== '''Energy: Wind''' ===


Performance        Test of a Savonius Rotor
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/wind-energy Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Piston Water        Pump
*[[Aspects of Irrigation with Windmills]].


Report on the       Practical Application of WindPowered Pumps
*[[Considerations for the Use of Wind Power for Borehole Pumping]].


Rotor Design        for Horizontal Axis Windmills
*[[Construction Manual for PU350 and PU500 Windmills]].


Sahores        Windmill Pump
*[[Construction Manual for a Cretan Windmill]]


Savonius Rotor        Construction
*[[Electric Power from the Wind]].


Selecting        Water Pumping Windmills
*[[Energy from the Wind]].


Set of        Construction Drawings for PU350 and PU500 Windmills
*[[Food from Windmills]].


Simplified        Wind Power Systems for Experimenters
*[[The Gaudgaon Village Sailwing Windmill]].


A Siting        Handbook for Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems
*[[The Homebuilt WindGenerated Electricity Handbook]]


A Survey of        the Possible Use of Windpower in Thailand and the Philippines
*[[Homemade 6Volt WindElectric Plants]].


Syllabus for        Irrigation with Windmills
*[[The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska]].


Technical        Report
*[[Horizontal Axis Fast Running Wind Turbines for Developing Countries]].


Trees as an        Indicator of Wind Power Potential
*[[How to Build a "Cretan Sail" Windpump for Use in LowSpeed Wind Conditions]].


Un Molino de        Viento Tropical Gaviotas
*[[How to Construct a Cheap Wind Machine for Pumping Water]].


Vegetation as        an Indicator of High Wind Velocity
*[[Low Cost Wind Speed Indicator. Brace Research Institute]].


Vertical Axis        Sail Windmill Plans
*[[Low Cost Windmill for Developing Nations]]. 


The Wind Power       Book
*[[Matching of Wind Rotors to Low Power Electrical Generators]].


Wind Power for        Farms Homes and Small Industry
*[[Optimization and Characteristics of a Sailwing Windmill Rotor]].


Windpower in        Eastern Crete
*[[Performance Test of a Savonius Rotor]].


Windpumping        Handbook
*[[Piston Water Pump]].


Windpumping: A        Handbook
*Report on the Practical Application of WindPowered Pumps


Windpumps for       Irrigation
*[[Rotor Design for Horizontal Axis Windmills]].


'''Energy: Water'''
*[[Sahores Windmill Pump]].


The Banki        Water Turbine
*[[Savonius Rotor Construction: Vertical Axis Wind Machines from Oil Drums]]. 


Cost Reduction        Considerations in Small Hydropower Equipment
*[[Selecting Water-Pumping Windmills]].


A Design        Manual for Water Wheels
*[[Set of Construction Drawings for PU350 and PU500 Windmills]].


Design of        CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T2
*[[Simplified Wind Power Systems for Experimenters]].


Design of        CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T3
*[[A Sitting Handbook for Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems]].


Design of       Small Water Storage and Erosion Control Dams
*[[A Survey of the possible Use of Windpower in Thailand and the Philippines]].


Design of        Small Water Turbines for Farms and Small Communities
*[[Syllabus for Irrigation with Windmills]].


The Dhading        MicroHydropower Plant:
*[[Technical Report dealing with the TOOL Windmill Projects 1977-1981]].


Directory of       Manufacturers of Small Hydropower Equipment
*[[Trees as an Indicator of Wind Power Potential]].


Harnessing        Water Power for Home Energy
*[[Un Molino de Viento Tropical Gaviotas]]


Hints on the        Development of Small WaterPower
*[[Vegetation as an Indicator of High Wind Velocity]].


Hydropower
*[[Vertical Axis Sail Windmill Plans]]. 


Industrial        Archaeology of Watermills and Waterpower
*[[The Wind Power Book]].


Local        Experience with MicroHydro Technology
*[[Wind Power for Farms, Homes and Small Industry]].


LowCost        Development of Small Water Power Sites
*[[Windpower in Eastern Crete]].


Manual for the        Design of a Simple Mechanical WaterHydraulic Speed Governor
*Windpumping Handbook. Sarah Lancashire, Jeff Kenna and Peter Fraenkel 1987. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. United Kingdom


Micro Hydro        Electric Power
*[[Windpumping: A Handbook: World Bank Technical Paper Number 101]].


Micro Pelton        Turbines
*[[Windpumps for Irrigation]].


MicroHydro        Power: Reviewing an Old Concept
=== '''Energy: Water''' ===


MicroHydro:       Civil Engineering Aspects
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/energy-from-water-hydropower Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


MicroHydropower        Schemes in Pakistan
*[[The Banki Water Turbine]]


MicroHydropower        Sourcebook
*[[Cost Reduction Considerations in Small Hydropower Equipment]]


Microhydropower        Handbook Volume 233
*[[A Design Manual for Water Wheels]]


Microhydropower        Handbook Volume 234
*[[Design of CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T1]]


Mill Drawings
*[[Design of CrossFlow Turbine BYS/T3]]


Mini Hydro        Power Stations
*[[Design of Small Water Storage and Erosion Control Dams]]


MultiPurpose        Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Basic Information
*[[Design of Small Water Turbines for Farms and Small Communities]]


MultiPurpose        Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Operation and Maintenance Manual
*[[The Dhading MicroHydropower Plant: 30kWe]]


Nepal: Private        Sector Approach to Implementing MicroHydropower Schemes
*[[Directory of Manufacturers of Small Hydropower Equipment]]


On Watermills        in Central Crete
*[[Harnessing Water Power for Home Energy]]


Overshot and        Current Water Wheels
*[[Hints on the Development of Small WaterPower]]


A Pelton        MicroHydro Prototype Design
*[[Hydro-power]]


The Segner        Turbine
*[[Industrial Archaeology of Watermills and Waterpower]]


Small Earth        Dams
*[[Local Experience with MicroHydro Technology]]


Small       Hydroelectric Powerplants
*[[Low Cost Development of Small Water Power Sites]]


Small        Hydropower for Asian Rural Development
*[[Manual for the Design of a Simple Mechanical Water-Hydraulic Speed Governor]]


Small Michell        (Banki) Turbine
*[[Micro Hydro electric power]]


Small Scale        Hydropower Technologies
*[[Micro Pelton Turbines]]


Water Power       for the Farm
*[[MicroHydro Power: Reviewing an Old Concept]]


Watermills        with Horizontal Wheels
*[[MicroHydro: Civil Engineering Aspects]]


Young        MillWright and Miller's Guide
*[[Micro - Hydropower Schemes in Pakistan]]


Your Own Water        Power Plant
*[[MicroHydropower Sourcebook]]


'''Energy: Solar'''
*[[Microhydropower Handbook Volume 233]]


An Attached        Solar Greenhouse
*[[Microhydropower Handbook Volume 234]]


Basic        Principles of Passive Solar Design
*[[Mill Drawings]]


A Bibliography        for the Solar Home Builder
*[[Mini Hydro Power Stations]]


Bread Box        Water Heater
*[[Multi-Purpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Basic Information]]


The Design and       Development of a Solar Powered Refrigerator
*[[MultiPurpose Power Unit with Horizontal Water Turbine: Operation and Maintenance Manual]]


Elements of        Solar Architecture for Tropical Regions
*[[Nepal: Private Sector Approach to Implementing MicroHydropower Schemes]]


Evaluation of        Solar Cookers
*[[New Himalayan Water Wheel]]


The Food and        Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse
*[[On Watermills in Central Crete]]


The Fuel        Savers
*[[Overshot and Current Water Wheels]]


Homegrown Sun        dwellings
*[[A Pelton Micro-Hydro Prototype Design]]


Low Cost        Passive Solar Greenhouses
*[[The Segner Turbine: A low-cost Solution for Harnessing Water Power on a very Small Scale]] **


The Passive        Solar Energy Book
*[[Small Earth Dams]]


Proceedings of        the Conference on Energy Conserving Solar Heated Greenhouses
*[[Small Hydroelectric Powerplants]]


Reaching Up        Reaching Out
*[[Small Hydropower for Asian Rural Development]]


The Solar        Cookery Book
*[[Small Michell (Banki) Turbine: A Construction Manual]]


Solar Dwelling        Design Concepts
*[[Small Scale Hydropower Technologies]]


The Solar        Greenhouse Book
*[[Water Power for the Farm]]


The Solar Home        Book
*[[Watermills with Horizontal Wheels]]


Solar        Photovoltaic Products
*[[Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide]]


The Solar        Survey Solar Energy
*[[Your Own Water Power Plant]]


A Solar Water        Heater Workshop Manual
=== '''Energy: Solar'''  ===


Solar Water        Heaters in Nepal
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/solar-energy Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


SolarPowered        Electricity
*[[An Attached Solar Greenhouse]]


A        StateoftheArt Survey of Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps Solar Cookers and        Woodburning Stoves
*[[Basic Principles of Passive Solar Design]]


Technology for       Solar Energy Utilization3
*[[A Bibliography for the Solar Home Builder]]


Window Box       Solar Collector Design
*[[Bread Box Water Heater Plans]]


'''Energy: Biogas'''
*[[The Design and Development of a Solar Powered Refrigerator]]: R.H.B. Exell, Sommai Kornsakoo, D.G.D.C Wijeratna. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1976.


The Anaerobic        Digestion of Livestock Wastes to Produce Methane
*[[Elements of Solar Architecture for Tropical Regions]]


Biogas and        Waste Recycling
*[[Evaluation of Solar Cookers]]


The Biogas/Biofertilizer        Business Handbook
*[[The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse]]


Biogas        Handbook
*[[The Fuel Savers - A Kit of Solar Ideas for Existing Homes]]


Biogas Plants        in Animal Husbandry
*[[Homegrown Sundwellings]]


Biogas Systems        in India
*[[Low Cost Passive Solar Greenhouses]]


Biogas        Technology in the Third World
*[[The Passive Solar Energy Book]]


Compost        Fertilizer and Biogas Production from Human and Farm Wastes in the       People's Republic of China
*[[Proceedings of the Conference on Energy-Conserving, Solar-Heated Greenhouses]]


A Chinese        Biogas Manual
*[[Reaching Up, Reaching Out: A Guide to Organizing Local Solar Events]]


Fuel Gas from        Cow Dung
*[[The Solar Cookery Book]]


Renewable        Sources of Energy: Biogas
*[[Solar Dwelling Design Concepts]]


Report on the        Design and Operation of a FullScale Anaerobic Dairy Manure Digester
*[[The Solar Greenhouse Book]]


Running a        Biogas Programme
*[[The New Solar Home Book]]


'''Housing and Construction'''
*[[Solar Photovoltaic Products - A Guide for Development Workers]]


Adobe as a        Socially Appropriate Technology for the Southwest
*[[The Solar Survey]]


Adobe Craft
*[[A Solar Water Heater Workshop Manual]]


Appropriate        Building Materials
*[[Solar Water Heaters in Nepal]]


Bamboo as a        Building Material
*[[Solar Powered Electricity]]


Bambu—Su        Cultivo y Aplicaciones
*[[A State of the Art Survey of Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps Solar Cookers and Woodburning Stoves]]


The Book of        Bamboo
*[[Technology for Solar Energy Utilization]]


Brickmaking in        Developing Countries
*[[Window Box Solar Collector Design]]


Build a Yurt
=== '''Energy: Biogas'''  ===


Building to       Resist the Effect of Wind: A Guide for Improved Masonry and Timber        Connections in Buildings
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/energy-biogas Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Building with        Earth
*[[The Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Wastes to Produce Methane]]


Chawama        SelfHelp Housing Project
*[[Biogas and Waste Recycling]]


Comparison of        Alternative Design Wheelbarrows for Haulage in Civil Construction Tasks
*[[The Biogas/Biofertilizer Business Handbook]]


Construction        of Trail Suspended Bridges in Nepal
*[[Biogas Handbook]]


Construction        Reference Manual
*[[Biogas Plants in Animal Husbandry]]


Construire en        Terre
*[[Biogas Systems in India]]


Earth for        Homes
*[[Biogas Technology in the Third World]]


Earth        Sheltered Housing Design
*[[Compost Fertilizer and Biogas Production from Human and Farm Wastes in the People's Republic of China]]


Farm        Structures in Tropical Climates
*[[A Chinese Biogas Manual]]


Ferrocement a        Versatile Construction Material
*[[Fuel Gas from Cow Dung]]


Ferrocement:       Applications in Developing Countries
*[[Renewable Sources of Energy: Biogas]]


The $50 and Up        Underground House Book
*[[Report on the Design and Operation of a Full-Scale Anaerobic Dairy Manure Digester]]


Fireplaces
*[[Running a Biogas Programme]]


Grasses—Their        Use in Building
=== '''Housing and Construction'''  ===


Handbook for        Building Homes of Earth
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/housing-and-construction Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


House Form and       Culture
*[[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.


Housing by        People
*Adobe Craft Manual : Karl V Schultz. California, USA: Adobe Craft, (c) 1983.


How to Build a        House Using SelfHelp Housing Techniques
*Appropriate Building Materials


The Kenyan Low        Cost Modular Timber Bridge
*Bamboo as a Building Material


La CETARam
*Bambu—Su Cultivo y Aplicaciones


LowCost        Country Home Building
*The Book of Bamboo


LowCost        Housing: Prefabricated Panel System
*[[Brickmaking in Developing Countries]]


Making        Building Blocks with the ClNVARam Block Press
*Build a Yurt


Making the       Adobe Brick
*Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: A Guide for Improved Masonry and Timber Connections in Buildings


Manual for        Building a Rammed Earth Wall
*[[Building with Earth]]


A Manual of        Building Construction
*Chawama SelfHelp Housing Project


Manual of       Rural Wood Preservation
*[[Comparison of Alternative Design Wheelbarrows for Haulage in Civil Construction Tasks]]


Manual para la        Construccion de la CETARam
*[[Construction of Trail Suspended Bridges in Nepal]]


Mud Brick        Roofs
*[[Construction Reference Manual]]


Mud Mud
*Construire en Terre


Nuevas        Tecnicas de Construccion con Bambu
*Earth for Homes


00 to 3000        Capacity Brick Kiln
*Earth Sheltered Housing Design


The Owner        Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry
*[[Farm Structures in Tropical Climates]]


The Owner        Built Home
*Ferrocement a Versatile Construction Material


The Owner        Built Homestead
*Ferrocement: Applications in Developing Countries


Painting        Inside and Out
*The $50 and Up Underground House Book


Plastic        Sheeting
*Fireplaces


Pole Buildings        in Papua New Guinea
*Grasses—Their Use in Building


Popular Manual        for Wooden House Construction
*Handbook for Building Homes of Earth


Rice Husk Ash        Cement
*House Form and Culture


Roof        Constructions for Housing in Developing Countries
*Housing by People


Roofing in        Developing Countries
*[[How to Build a House Using Self-Help Housing Techniques]]


Rural        Building: Basic Knowledge
*[[The Kenyan Low Cost Modular Timber Bridge]]


Rural        Building: Construction
*La CETARam


Rural        Building: Drawing Book
*LowCost Country Home Building


Rural        Building: Reference Book
*LowCost Housing: Prefabricated Panel System


Selection of        Materials for Burnt Clay Brick Manufacture
*Making Building Blocks with the ClNVARam Block Press


SelfHelp        Construction of lStory Buildings
*Making the Adobe Brick


SelfHelp        Practices in Housing
*Manual for Building a Rammed Earth Wall


A Series of       Articles on the Use of Bamboo in Building Construction
*[[A Manual of Building Construction]]


Shaft Lime        Kiln
*[[Manual of Rural Wood Preservation]]


Shelter
*[[Manual para la Construccion de la CETARam]]


Shelter II
*[[Mud Brick Roofs]]


Simple Bridge        Structures
*[[Mud Mud]]


Small Scale        Brickmaking
*[[Nuevas Tecnicas de Construccion con Bambu]]


Smal lScale        Lime Burning
*[[1000 to 3000 Capacity Brick Kiln]]


Small Scale        Manufacture of Burned Building Brick
*[[The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry]]


Small Scale        Production of Cementitious Materials
*[[The Owner Built Home]]


Soil Block        Presses
*[[The Owner Built Homestead]]


Soil Cement
*[[Painting Inside and Out]]


Standard Trail        Suspended and Suspension Bridges
*[[Plastic Sheeting]]


Thatching
*[[Pole Buildings in Papua New Guinea]]


The Timber        Framing Book
*[[Popular Manual for Wooden House Construction]]


Traditional        Bridges of Papua New Guinea
*[[Rice Husk Ash Cement]]


Traditional        Suspension Bridges in Taplejung District
*[[Roof Constructions for Housing in Developing Countries]]


The Use of        Bamboo and Reeds in Building Construction
*[[Roofing in Developing Countries]]


The Use of        Wheelbarrows in Civil Construction
*[[Rural Building: Basic Knowledge]]


When You Build        a House
*[[Rural Building: Construction]]


Wood Handbook
*[[Rural Building: Drawing Book]]


Wood Frame        House Construction
*[[Rural Building: Reference Book]]


Wooden Bridges
*[[Selection of Materials for Burnt Clay Brick Manufacture]]


The Yurt
*[[Self-Help Construction of l-Story Buildings]]


'''Transportation'''
*[[Self-Help Practices in Housing]]


Appropriate        Industrial Technology for Low Cost Transport for Rural Areas
*[[A Series of Articles on the Use of Bamboo in Building Construction]]


A.T. in Rural        Development: Vehicles Designed for On and Off Farm Operations
*[[Shaft Lime Kiln]]


Automotive        Operation and Maintenance
*[[Shelter]]


The Backyard        Mechanic Volume 1
*[[Shelter II]]


The Backyard        Mechanic Volume 2
*[[Simple Bridge Structures]]


The Backyard        Mechanic Volume 3
*[[Small Scale Brickmaking]]


Better Tools        for the Job
*[[Small Scale Lime Burning]]


The Bicycle        Builder's Bible
*[[Small Scale Manufacture of Burned Building Brick]]


Bicycle        Resource Guide
*[[Small-Scale Production of Cementitious Materials]]


Bicycles and        Tricycles
*[[Soil Block Presses]]


Bicycles: A        Case Study of Indian Experience
*[[Soil Cement]]


Bicycling        Science
*[[Standard Trail Suspended and Suspension Bridges]]


Boatbuilding        Manual
*[[Thatching]]


Boats from        Ferrocement
*[[The Timber Framing Book]]


The Design and        Manufacture of AnimalDrawn Carts
*[[Traditional Bridges of Papua New Guinea]]


The Design and        Manufacture of LowCost Motorized Vehicles
*[[Traditional Suspension Bridges in Taplejung District]]


The Design of       Bicycle Trailers
*[[The Use of Bamboo and Reeds in Building Construction]]


The Dory Book
*[[The Use of Wheelbarrows in Civil Construction]]


Earth Roads
*[[When You Build a House]]


Electric        Vehicles
*[[Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material]]


Fishing Boat        Designs: Flat Bottom Boats
*[[Wood Frame House Construction]]


Gasoline        Engine Tune Up
*[[Wooden Bridges]]


Guide to Tools        and Equipment for Labour Based Road Construction
*[[The Yurt]]


Handbook of        Artisanal Boatbuilding
=== '''Transportation''' ===


Installation        and Maintenance of Engines in Small Fishing Vessels
*http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/transportation Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Low Cost       Transportation
*Appropriate Industrial Technology for Low Cost Transport for Rural Areas


Low Cost        Vehicles
*A.T. in Rural Development: Vehicles Designed for On and Off Farm Operations


Maintaining        Motorcycles
*Automotive Operation and Maintenance


The Management        of Animal Energy Resources and the Modernization of the Bullock Cart        System
*The Backyard Mechanic Volume 1


Manual on the        Planning of Labour lntensive Road Construction
*The Backyard Mechanic Volume 2


The       Manufacture of Low Cost Vehicles in Developing Countries
*The Backyard Mechanic Volume 3


New Working        Watercraft
*Better Tools for the Job


Notes on        Simple Transport in Some Developing Countries
*The Bicycle Builder's Bible


Proceedings of        ITDG Seminar "Simple Vehicles for Developing Countries"
*Bicycle Resource Guide


Roads and       Resources
*Bicycles and Tricycles


The Rural        Access Roads Programme
*Bicycles: A Case Study of Indian Experience


Rural Roads        Manual
*Bicycling Science


Rural        Transport in Developing Countries
*Boatbuilding Manual


Small Boat        Design
*Boats from Ferrocement


Sails as an        Aid to Fishing
*The Design and Manufacture of AnimalDrawn Carts


Three Wheeled        Vehicles in Crete
*The Design and Manufacture of LowCost Motorized Vehicles


'''Health Care'''
*The Design of Bicycle Trailers


Alternative        Limbmaking
*The Dory Book


Anaesthesia at        the District Hospital
*Earth Roads


Animals        Parasitic in Man
*Electric Vehicles


A Barefoot        Doctor's Manual
*Fishing Boat Designs: Flat Bottom Boats


Better Care in        Leprosy
*Gasoline Engine Tune Up


Better Child        Care
*Guide to Tools and Equipment for Labour Based Road Construction


Communicable        Diseases
*Handbook of Artisanal Boatbuilding


Dermatological        Preparations for the Tropics
*Installation and Maintenance of Engines in Small Fishing Vessels


Disabled        Village Children
*Low Cost Transportation


Establishing a        Refugee Camp Laboratory
*Low Cost Vehicles


General        Surgery at the District Hospital
*Maintaining Motorcycles


Handbook on        the Prevention and Treatment of Schistosomiasis
*The Management of Animal Energy Resources and the Modernization of the Bullock Cart System


Health by the       People
*Manual on the Planning of Labour lntensive Road Construction


Health Care        and Human Dignity
*The Manufacture of Low Cost Vehicles in Developing Countries


Health Care in        China
*New Working Watercraft


Health Records        Systems
*Notes on Simple Transport in Some Developing Countries


Health: The        Human Factor
*Proceedings of ITDG Seminar "Simple Vehicles for Developing Countries"


Helping Health        Workers Learn
*Roads and Resources


How to Look        After a Refrigerator
*The Rural Access Roads Programme


How to Make        Basic Hospital Equipment
*Rural Roads Manual


Independence        Through Mobility
*Rural Transport in Developing Countries


Low Cost        Physiotherapy Aids
*Small Boat Design


Manual of        Basic Techniques for a Health Laboratory
*Sails as an Aid to Fishing


Medical Care        in Developing Countries
*Three Wheeled Vehicles in Crete


A Medical        Laboratory for Developing Countries
=== '''Health Care''' ===


Medicine and        Public Health in the People's Republic of China
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/village-earth-blog/health-care Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


A Model Health        Centre
*[[Alternative Limbmaking]]


More With Less
*[[Anaesthesia at the District Hospital]]


Mosquito        Control
*Animals Parasitic in Man


Nutrition for        Developing Countries
*A Barefoot Doctor's Manual


Nutrition        Rehabilitation
*Better Care in Leprosy


Pediatric        Priorities in the Developing World
*Better Child Care


Personal        Transport for Disabled People
*Communicable Diseases


Philippine        Medicinal Plants in Common Use
*[[Dermatological Preparations for the Tropics]]


The Principles        and Practices of Primary Health Care
*[[Disabled Village Children]]


The Provision        of Spectacles at Low Cost
*[[Establishing a Refugee Camp Laboratory]]


Rattan and        Bamboo
*[[General Surgery at the District Hospital]]


Reference        Material for Health Auxiliaries and Their Teachers
*Handbook on the Prevention and Treatment of Schistosomiasis


Simple Dental        Care for Rural Hospitals
*Health by the People


The Tooth Trip
*Health Care and Human Dignity


The Village        Health Worker
*Health Care in China


What is AIDS?
*Health Records Systems


Where There Is        No Dentist
*Health: The Human Factor


Where There Is        No Doctor
*Helping Health Workers Learn


'''Science Teachin'''g
*[[How to Look After a Refrigerator]]


Adventures        with a Hand Lens
*How to Make Basic Hospital Equipment


AntiPollution        Lab
*[[Independence Through Mobility]]


Construction        and Use of Simple Physics Apparatus
*[[Low Cost Physiotherapy Aids]]


Development        and Production of School Science Equipment
*Manual of Basic Techniques for a Health Laboratory


Guidebook to        Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment
*Medical Care in Developing Countries


How to Make        Tools
*A Medical Laboratory for Developing Countries


Low Cost        Science Teaching Equipment
*Medicine and Public Health in the People's Republic of China


A Method for        Cutting Bottles Light Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes
*A Model Health Centre


New UNESCO        Source Book for Science Teaching
*[[More With Less]]


Preserving        Food by Drying
*Mosquito Control


The Production        of School Science Equipment
*Nutrition for Developing Countries


'''Nonformal Education'''
*Nutrition Rehabilitation


Towards        Scientific Literacy
*Pediatric Priorities in the Developing World


Bridging the        Gap
*[[Personal Transport for Disabled People]]


Demystifying        Evaluation
*[[Philippine Medicinal Plants in Common Use]]


Doing Things        Together
*[[The Principles and Practices of Primary Health Care]]


From the Field
*[[The Provision of Spectacles at Low Cost]]


Participatory        Monitoring and Evaluation
*[[Rattan and Bamboo]]


Perspectives        on Non formal Adult Learning
*[[Reference Material for Health Auxiliaries and Their Teachers]]


'''Small Enterpris'''es
*[[Simple Dental Care for Rural Hospitals]]


Basic Control        of Assets
*[[The Tooth Trip]]


Basic Finances
*[[The Village Health Worker]]


Basic        Marketing
*[[What is AIDS?]]


Blacksmith        Baker Roofing Sheet Maker
*[[Where There Is No Dentist]]


Business        Arithmetic for Cooperatives and Other Small Businesses
*[[Where There Is No Doctor]]


The Business        Plan
=== '''Science Teaching''' ===


The Business        Review
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/nonformal-education-and-training Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


A Complete        Cash Analysis Accounts System for Businessmen
*[[Adventures with a Hand Lens]]


Consultancy        for Small Businesses
*[[AntiPollution Lab]]


Cooperative        Accounting 1: Thrift and Credit Cooperatives
*[[Construction and Use of Simple Physics Apparatus]]


Cooperative        Accounting 2: Consumer Cooperative Societies
*[[Development and Production of School Science Equipment]]


Cooperative        Accounting 3: Marketing Cooperative Societies
*[[Guidebook to Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment]]


Cooperative        Bookkeeping
*[[How to Make Tools]]


Cooperative        Organization
*[[Low Cost Science Teaching Equipment]]


Credit and       Savings for Development
*[[A Method for Cutting Bottles Light Bulbs and Fluorescent Tubes]]


Developing        Small Scale Industries in India
*[[New UNESCO Source Book for Science Teaching]]


Entrepreneur's        Handbook
*[[Preserving Food by Drying]]


Financial        Management of a Small Handicraft Business
*[[The Production of School Science Equipment]]


Guidelines for        Management Consulting Programs for Small Scale Enterprises
=== '''Nonformal Education''' ===


A Handbook for        Cooperative Fieldworkers in Developing Nations
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/nonformal-education-and-training Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


How to Grow a        Shop
*[[Towards Scientific Literacy]]


Improve Your        Business: Handbook
*[[Bridging the Gap]]


Improve Your        Business: Workbook
*[[Demystifying Evaluation]]


Josbarko        Enterprise
*[[Doing Things Together]]


Managing Time        and Personnel
*[[From the Field]]


Manual for        Commercial Analysis of Small Scale Projects
*[[Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation]]


The Practice        of Entrepreneurship
*[[Perspectives on Non formal Adult Learning]]


Refugee        Enterprise
=== '''Small Enterprises''' ===


Rural Credit
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/small-enterprises-and-cooperatives-organization-and-management Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Single Entry        Bookkeeping System for Small Scale Manufacturing Businesses
*Basic Control of Assets


Small Business        in the Third World
*Basic Finances


Small Business        Promotion
*Basic Marketing


Small        Enterprises in Developing Countries
*Blacksmith Baker Roofing Sheet Maker


Stock Taking
*Business Arithmetic for Cooperatives and Other Small Businesses


Training        Village Entrepreneurs
*The Business Plan


'''Local Communication'''s
*The Business Review


Communicating        with Pictures
*A Complete Cash Analysis Accounts System for Businessmen


The Copy Book
*Consultancy for Small Businesses


Experiences in        Visual Thinking
*Cooperative Accounting 1: Thrift and Credit Cooperatives


57 How to Do        It Charts on Materials and Equipment and Techniques for Screen Printing
*Cooperative Accounting 2: Consumer Cooperative Societies


Grass Roots        Radio
*Cooperative Accounting 3: Marketing Cooperative Societies


How to Do        Leaflets Newsletters and Newspapers
*Cooperative Bookkeeping


Illustrations        for Development
*Cooperative Organization


Low Cost        Printing for Development
*Credit and Savings for Development


The Low Cost        Wooden Duplicator
*Developing Small Scale Industries in India


The        Organization of the Small Public Library
*Entrepreneur's Handbook


The Photonovel
*Financial Management of a Small Handicraft Business


Plain Talk
*Guidelines for Management Consulting Programs for Small Scale Enterprises


Print: How You        Can Do It Yourself
*A Handbook for Cooperative Fieldworkers in Developing Nations


Rural Mimeo        Newspapers
*How to Grow a Shop


Small        Technical Libraries
*Improve Your Business: Handbook


Visual        Communication Handbook
*Improve Your Business: Workbook


The StenScreen
*Josbarko Enterprise


Visual        Literacy in Communication
*Managing Time and Personnel


Women and        Graphics
*Manual for Commercial Analysis of Small Scale Projects


'''Beekeeping'''
*The Practice of Entrepreneurship


The ABC and        XYZ of Bee Culture
*Refugee Enterprise


The        Beekeeper's Handbook
*Rural Credit


Beekeeping        Guide
*Single Entry Bookkeeping System for Small Scale Manufacturing Businesses


A Beekeeping        Handbook
*Small Business in the Third World


Beekeeping in        Rural Development
*Small Business Promotion


Golden Insect
*Small Enterprises in Developing Countries


Home Honey        Production
*Stock Taking


A Homemade        Honey Extractor
*Training Village Entrepreneurs


Making and        Using a Solar Wax Melter
=== '''Local Communications''' ===


Plans for a        Complete Beekeeping System
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/local-communications Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Small Scale        Beekeeping
*Communicating with Pictures


Tropical and        SubTropical Apiculture
*The Copy Book


'''Small Industrie'''s
*Experiences in Visual Thinking


The Backyard        Dairy Book
*57 How to Do It Charts on Materials and Equipment and Techniques for Screen Printing


Barbs Prongs        Points Prickers and Stickers
*Grass Roots Radio


Basic Sewing        Machine Repair
*How to Do Leaflets Newsletters and Newspapers


Book of Tempeh
*Illustrations for Development


Cane Sugar
*Low Cost Printing for Development


Community        Canning Centers
*The Low Cost Wooden Duplicator


Dye Plants and        Dyeing
*The Organization of the Small Public Library


Dyeing and        Printing
*The Photonovel


Environmentally        Sound Leather Tanning
*Plain Talk


Glassware        Manufacture for Developing Countries
*Print: How You Can Do It Yourself


Handloom        Construction
*Rural Mimeo Newspapers


How to Make        Soap
*Small Technical Libraries


Introduction        to Soapmaking
*Visual Communication Handbook


The Kiln Book
*The StenScreen


Making        Homemade Soaps and Candles
*Visual Literacy in Communication


Manual on the        Production of Rattan Furniture
*Women and Graphics


Medleri        Charkha
=== '''Beekeeping''' ===


Natural Plant        Dyeing
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/beekeeping Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


The       Preparation of Soap
*The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture


Remanufacturing
*The Beekeeper's Handbook


Rural Tanning        Techniques
*Beekeeping Guide


The Self        Reliant Potter
*A Beekeeping Handbook


Silkworm        Rearing
*Beekeeping in Rural Development


Simple Methods        of Candle Manufacture
*Golden Insect


Small Scale        Manufacture of Footwear
*Home Honey Production


Small Scale        Papermaking
*A Homemade Honey Extractor


Small Scale        Recycling of Plastics
*Making and Using a Solar Wax Melter


Small Scale        Weaving
*Plans for a Complete Beekeeping System


Small Scale       Gold Mining
*Small Scale Beekeeping


Small Scale        Mining
*Tropical and SubTropical Apiculture


Small Scale        Soapmaking
=== '''Small Industries''' ===


Soap Pilot        Plant
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/small-industries Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]


Stone
*The Backyard Dairy Book


Tanning of        Hides and Skins
*Barbs Prongs Points Prickers and Stickers


Traditional        Cheesemaking
*Basic Sewing Machine Repair


Vegetable        Dyeing
*Book of Tempeh


The Village        Texturizer
*Cane Sugar


Work from        Waste
*Community Canning Centers


Yay Soybeans!
*Dye Plants and Dyeing


'''Disaster Preparedness'''
*Dyeing and Printing


Building to        Resist the Effect of Wind: Overview
*Environmentally Sound Leather Tanning


Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: Estimation of Extreme Wind Speeds and Guide to the Determination of Wind Forces
*Glassware Manufacture for Developing Countries


A        Methodological Guide
*Handloom Construction


and        Architectural Considerations
*How to Make Soap


Disaster        Mitigation
*Introduction to Soapmaking


Economic        Issues in Housing Reconstruction
*The Kiln Book


Emergency        Health Management after Natural Disaster
*Making Homemade Soaps and Candles


Emergency        Vector Control after Natural Disaster
*Manual on the Production of Rattan Furniture


Environmental        Health Management after Natural Disaster
*Medleri Charkha


Establishing        Needs after a Disaster
*Natural Plant Dyeing


How to Build a        House of Modern Adobe
*The Preparation of Soap


Improving        Building Skills
*Remanufacturing


The Management        of Nutritional Emergencies in Large Populations
*Rural Tanning Techniques


Medical Supply        Management after Natural Disaster
*The Self Reliant Potter


Minimum        Standards for Cyclone Resistant Housing Utilizing Traditional Materials
*Silkworm Rearing


Materials
*Simple Methods of Candle Manufacture


Program        Planning Guide
*Small Scale Manufacture of Footwear


Program        Planning Options for the Reconstruction of Disaster Resistant Housing
*Small Scale Papermaking


Shelter After        Disaster
*Small Scale Recycling of Plastics


Shelter after        Disaster: Guidelines for Assistance
*Small Scale Weaving


United Nations        High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook for Emergencies: Field Operations
*Small Scale Gold Mining


What is a        Hurricane?
*Small Scale Mining


What is a        Tidal Wave?
*Small Scale Soapmaking


Wind Resistant       Block Houses
*Soap Pilot Plant
Background Reading
 
*Stone
 
*Tanning of Hides and Skins
 
*Traditional Cheesemaking
 
*Vegetable Dyeing
 
*The Village Texturizer
 
*Work from Waste
 
*Yay Soybeans!
 
=== '''Disaster Preparedness''' ===
 
*[http://villageearth.org/pages/sourcebook/disaster-preparedness-and-relief Direct link to AT Sourcebook Chapter]
 
*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
 
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Revision as of 03:10, 2 May 2013

Appropriate Technology Sourcebook, published by Village Earth, reviews over 1,150 of the best books on Appropriate technology. The complete text of the Sourcebook can be accessed on Village Earth's website here. Most of the books reviewed in the sourcebook are available as a collection in the AT Library on (28) CD-ROM or (2) DVD available for sale from Village Earth for $495 [1]. Village Earth offers very generous discounts for NGO's and orders to the Global South. Most of the literature in the sourcebook is under copyright although some is in the public domain. Many of the books can be found Faith and Sustainable Technologies.

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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

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  • The Breakdown of Nations - The study of economies, military forces, government programs, labor unions, businesses, neightbourhoods, and all other human endeavour. Kohr, Leopold. 1978. USA: E. P. Dutton, (c) 1978. 0-525-47529-X
  • A Landscape for Humans - A case study of the potentials for ecologically guided development in an uplands region. van Dresser, Peter. 1972. USA: The Lighting Tree, (c) 1972. 0-89016-005-8

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

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Aquaculture

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

Energy: Cookstoves

Wood et. al. 1980. Aid Decument and Information Handling Facilitiy, USA.

Energy: Wind

  • Report on the Practical Application of WindPowered Pumps
  • Windpumping Handbook. Sarah Lancashire, Jeff Kenna and Peter Fraenkel 1987. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. United Kingdom

Energy: Water

Energy: Solar

Energy: Biogas

Housing and Construction

  • 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
  • Build a Yurt
  • Building to Resist the Effect of Wind: A Guide for Improved Masonry and Timber Connections in Buildings
  • Chawama SelfHelp Housing Project
  • Construire en Terre
  • Earth for Homes
  • Earth Sheltered Housing Design
  • 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
  • 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

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
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