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.
Material type: 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: 361.25Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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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