Appropriate technology subjects
Agriculture:
agroforestry
buildings
crop protection
crops, new crops, crop uses -- edible, fodder, soil improvement, biomass, medicinal, insecticidal
drylands farming
farm management
farming systems
food security
fruit growing
insect pests, Integrated Pest Management
land use
markets
multiple cropping
organic fertilizers
participatory research and development
post-harvest
seeds and biodiversity
soil management, rehabilitation, erosion control, compost, mulch, green manure
sustainable systems -- organics
tools and equipment
waste use and recycling
water conservation and irrigation
weed control
Building and construction:
Business, industry and crafts:
cooperatives, women's cooperatives
credit schemes, micro-credit
small-scale enterprise development
manufacturing
marketing
mining
recycling
technology, tools and equipment
textiles -- handlooms, spinning, weaving, fibre, fabrics, silk
Children:
health and nutrition
dehydration -- prevention, Oral Rehydration Therapy
labour and exploitation
education
Development:
disasters and emergencies
environment
famine
human rights
indigenous
migration
participatory
poverty
refugee
regional
rural
sustainable
urban
Education and training:
adult
communication
community
development education
environment
literacy
resources
science
skills
technology
women
Energy:
biofuels
biogas
biomass
cooling
electricity
lighting, lamps, candles
microhydro
pedal-power
solar -- box cookers, passive heating, water sterilization, stills, food and grain dryers, pumps, photo-voltaic
steam
stoves -- improved woodfire and charcoal cooking stoves, ovens and kilns
water
wind, windmills
Engineering:
small-scale industry
blacksmiths
training and education
tools, technology and equipment
management
Food processing and storage:
canning
containers
curing
drying
fermenting
freezing
grain milling
root cellars, clamps, grain stores
vegetable oil extraction
Forestry:
agroforestry
community forestry
firewood, charcoal and energy
erosion control
reforestation
watersheds
Health:
ageing
childbirth
community
disability
disease prevention and control
diseases (AIDS, bilharzia, malaria)
education and training
family planning
famine
medicine, traditional, herbal
mental
Mother and Child
nutrition, gardening
Primary Health Care
refugee
research
technology and equipment
urban
Information:
communications
Information Technology
information systems
information sharing
networks
technology transfer
Livestock:
aquaculture and fisheries
bees
cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, other breeds
forage, grazing and scavenging
health
housing
meat, milk and eggs
pastoralism
slaughtering
small breeds
wool, feathers, leather, by-products
Recycling:
Transport:
animal traction
bridges
carts, bicycles, other
manufacture and maintenance
roads, tracks and paths
Water:
dams
environment
financing
gender
groundwater
harvesting and storage
health
hydrology
irrigation, drip irrigation
management
piping
pumps and pumping, water lifting, hydraulic rams, syphons
quality
sanitation
springs
solid waste
treatment
water wheels
wells -- tube wells, dug wells
... and all the rest of life...
Appropriate technology
Appropriate technology resources
- Agriculture resources
- Wood resources
Blacksmithing
Wood fires that fit
Houses that fit
Water-powered water pumps
Journey to Forever and AT
- Chinese watering cans
- Handmade Projects watering can plans
- Hoe for victory!
- Billhooks and sickles
A better rat trap
- Rats and owls
- Chinese rat trap
- How to make a Chinese rat trap
- Bucket rat trap
Appropriate technology subjects
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