The design and construction of a peanut roaster.

Stone arch bridges are a strong and cost effective technology for rural roads. This manual provides supervisors of stone arch bridge works an easy step by step guide ensuring adherence to quality requirements and construction methodology.

Practical Action with its local partners - SAHAMATI and MADE Nepal implemented the Livelihoods Centred Approaches to Risk Reduction project in Chitwan and Nawalaparasi Districts of Nepal. This document outlines the lessons learned during the project's implementation.It is a compilation of initiatives and their evaluated outcomes.

This technical brief offers a selection of cost-effective,environmentally friendly, disaster resistant, alternative housing technology options and features.

Pozzolanas and lime are the basis for alternative cements used instead of ordinary Portland cement. Testing is needed to determine the quality of the pozzolanas available.

This document provides some guidelines on making a ceramic or clay pot in pot evaporative cooler.

A step by step guide to constructing domed timberless buildings with photographs and technical drawings.

Water services in Kenya are often inadequate, unsafe and unsustainable. The arid and semi-arid and  poor  peri-urban  areas  are  mostly  vulnerable  and  are  largely  characterized  by  low  water services  provision  and  severe  water  scarcity,  where  the demand  substantially  surpasses  its availability.