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Good practices and innovative experiences in the South: Vol. 2, social policies, indigenous knowledge and appropriate technology/ edited by Martin Khor and Lim Li Lin.

Contributor(s): Khor, Kok Peng, ed | Lim, Li Lin, edMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Good practices and innovative experiences in the south ; 2.Publication details: London; New York: Zed Books, 2001Description: 3 v. (215 p.): ill.; 23 cmISBN: 1842771302; 1842771310; 9839747592Subject(s): Economic development | Social policy | Developing countries -- Economic conditions | Developing countries -- Social conditions | Developing countries -- Social policyDDC classification: 361.25

Contents:

v. 1. Economic, environmental, and sustainable livelihood initiatives -- v. 2. Good practices in social policies, indigenous and traditional knowledge, and appropriate technology -- v. 3. Innovative social organizations, practices, and experiments. Content: Introduction -- I. Social Policies -- Promotion of Indigenous Systems of Medicine in India -- Provision of Public Housing in Singapore -- Model Law for the Protection of Biodiversity Knowledge in Developing Countries -- Control of Private Vehicles in Urban Areas -- II. Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Practices -- Growing Herbal Plants in Home Gardens for Health Care -- The Traditional Malay House -- Indigenous Agroforestry Practices in the Cordillera -- Rehabilitating Indigenous Technologies for Mud Construction -- III. Appropriate Technology --Using Computer Technology to Empower the Blind -- Rearing Spiders as Biological Pest-Control agents -- Nadep Method of Compost Manufacture -- City Farming Innovations -- Preparation of Neem Biopesticides at Farm Level -- Water-efficient Trench Irrigation for Horticulture -- Sulabh Shauchalaya: Low Cost Sanitation -- Protecting diversity in Rice: Rapid Clonal Multiplication of Rice Seed.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Vol info	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Central Library, Sikkim University Reference	Reference Collection	361.25 KHO/G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	v. 2	Not For Loan		P10023

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Economic, environmental, and sustainable livelihood initiatives -- v. 2. Good practices in social policies, indigenous and traditional knowledge, and appropriate technology -- v. 3. Innovative social organizations, practices, and experiments.
Content: Introduction -- I. Social Policies -- Promotion of Indigenous Systems of Medicine in India -- Provision of Public Housing in Singapore -- Model Law for the Protection of Biodiversity Knowledge in Developing Countries -- Control of Private Vehicles in Urban Areas -- II. Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Practices -- Growing Herbal Plants in Home Gardens for Health Care -- The Traditional Malay House -- Indigenous Agroforestry Practices in the Cordillera -- Rehabilitating Indigenous Technologies for Mud Construction -- III. Appropriate Technology --Using Computer Technology to Empower the Blind -- Rearing Spiders as Biological Pest-Control agents -- Nadep Method of Compost Manufacture -- City Farming Innovations -- Preparation of Neem Biopesticides at Farm Level -- Water-efficient Trench Irrigation for Horticulture -- Sulabh Shauchalaya: Low Cost Sanitation -- Protecting diversity in Rice: Rapid Clonal Multiplication of Rice Seed.

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