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  1. The purpose of this book is to express as meaningfully as possible and in as many instances as are appropriate those underlying assumptions and principles which give the land-grand institutions their vitality, to explain and discuss the general structure which seems to have best promoted these...
  2. This book is addressed to all who are concerned with agricultural research, extension and development, regardless of discipline, profession or organization. It presents an outline of approaches, with evidence and examples.
  3. This handbook presents ideas and techniques which can be used for third world development to communicate, educate and train people.
  4. Compiled on behalf of the Animal Traction Network for Eastern and South Africa (ATNESA) as a resource book on animal-drawn carts, these guidelines cover all aspects of their design, production and marketing. Full details - with many three dimensional drawings - are given of the construction of a...
  5. In his introduction Professor Kenneth King sets the stage by outlining the larger forces that are shaping the growing interest in self-employment, and makes the case for practical responses that are grounded in the experiences of informal sector businesspeople.
  6. This document explains how to encourage and protect the important relationship between bees and trees, and the benefits of doing so.
  7. This booklet explains how the market works and how small-scale producers can best take advantage of the market to earn more money.
  8. Based on over 20 years' experience in training NGO staff in enterprise development, this manual provides detailed guidelines for an eleven-day training course whose objective is to enable NGO staff to better assist others trying to start their own businesses. It covers marketing, financial...
  9. Compiled by theNew Internationalisteditorial team, this is a reference work providing a comprehensive overview of the main ideas and issues in global development over the last 25 years. The book covers 624 different topics, reflecting theNew Internationalistperspective on aid, development, the...
  10. Using traditional cheesemaking methods, this book gives an idea of the opportunities that cheesemaking offers as a source of rural employment, and of the problems that will be encountered by anyone planning to start such a business.