Agricultural production in many parts of the world is carried out on a small-scale by farmers. Relatively small improvements in agricultural practice can have a big impact on yield and dramatically improve the life of a farmer and his or her family.
This set of technical briefs help Practical Action to share its knowledge with a range of people interested in Food and agriculture around the world.
In Bangladesh farmers build rafts out of bamboo and water hyacinth so they can grow their crops even when it floods....
The basic features of a variety of human powered hand pumps and their potential uses are described....
Rainwater harvesting is an alternative, affordable way to collect water in many areas of the world where conventional wa...
The basic goal of the project in Uganda is to promote a cheap and effective way of harvesting rainwater as a means of re...
Treadle pump
Rice is one of the major crops used in the developing world. Where the salinity of the soil is a problem indigenous vari...
Micro-irrigation is a system of irrigation used where water is really scarce as it wastes less water compared to other m...
Pumpkins can be grown on the barren sandbars created by river deposits in Bangladesh, providing a livelihood for margina...
The history as well as the technical details of the water tank are described. It is also explained how to build a pumpki...
Low cost technologies which use evaporative cooling are an effective solution to the problem of post-harvest loss of fru...