Do it herself
Subtitle: women and technical innovation
By: edited by Helen Appleton.
Contributors: Appleton, Helen.
Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Women in technology -- Developing countries.; Technological innovations -- Developing countries.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 306-310.
Table of contents: title: Latin America: Banana drying in Bolivia ; Efficient domestic fuel use in Chile ; Building hope : self-management and construction ; Changing attitudes to health in the Dominican Republic ; Functional pottery in Nicaragua ; Pork processing in Peru ; The preparation of Andean products in Peru ; Coping with a lack of electricity in marginal urban areas ; Vegetable production units in Venezuela; title: Africa: Shea butter extraction in Ghana ; Pottery technology in Kenya ; Indigenous vegetables in Kenya ; Salt extraction in Sierra Leone ; Fermented foods in Sudan ; Cassava processing in Uganda ; Nkejje fish in Lake Victoria ; Survival skills of Tonga women in Zimbabwe; title: Asia: Land reclamation in Bangladesh ; Manual silk reeling in India ; Carpet making in Nepal ; Coir workers in Sri Lanka ; Food processing in Sri Lanka.