Technology for Rural Development

The Table of Contents for the full book PDF is as follows:

• Organising Committee

• Co-sponsors

• Preface

• Opening Address: Asia Tech '85

• A. APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPMENT

  • Utilisation of New Technologies for Processing Rubberwood, Rattan and Bamboo for Rural Development

  • Socio-Economic Benefits of Adopting Group Technology Approach for Rural Development

  • Technology and Development in the Small Island States of the South Pacific

  • Application of New Technology for Argricultural Development in China

  • Technology for Agricultural Development in Bangladesh and its Future Prospects

  • National Agriculture Policy: A New Focus for Rural Development

  • Photovoltaic Power Generation - Direct Energy Conversion from Sunlight to Electricity

  • Science and Technology for Rural Industrialization

  • Environmental Consequences of Rural Development

  • Development of Appropriate Technology for the Rural Sector in the Developing Countries of Asia

• B. RURAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Technology for ‘Keropok’ (Fish Cracker) Production

  • The Production of Charcoal by the Improved Transportable Metal Kiln Method

  • Small Scale Mining as a Rural Development Activity

  • Automation Technology for the Handicraft Industry

  • A Village Level Installed and Maintained PVC Handpump

  • Development Alternatives Shelter Group

  • Rural Industrialization through Appropriate Technology in Korea

• C. ENVIRONMENT

  • Environmental Consequences of Agro-Pesticides Necessary for Rural Development

  • Optimisation of Growth Conditions and the Effect of Growth of Selected Fungi on the Pollution Load of Palm Oil Mill Sludge

  • Effect of Dried Palm Oil Mill Effluent on Growth and Yield of Tomatoes

  • Basics of Dewatering and Drying of Solid

• D. AQUACULTURE

  • The Role of Aquaculture in Rural Development in Sri Lanka; the Past, Present and Future Prospects

  • A Novel Design for in vitro Mass Hatching of Prawn Eggs

  • Induced Spawning and Larval Development in the Cockle, Anadara Granosa (L.)

  • Solutions to some Constraints of the Aquaculture Industry in Peninsular Malaysia

  • Rearing of Milkfish (Chanos Chanos Forsskal) in Freshwater

  • Integration of Aquaculture and Livestock Farming An Experimental Study for Rural Development

  • Duck-Fish Integration under Extensive Fish Culture, without the use of a Fish Feed

  • Utilization of Cowdung and Poultry Manure for Mass Culture of Fish Feed Organisms Tubifex and Daphnia

• E. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

  • Technology Transfers in Agricultural Development: Informatics and the Development Process

  • Moving Malaysian Agriculture into the Twenty-First Century

  • A Graduate Program in Development Technologies

  • A National Technology Transfer Centre - Malaysia's Perspective

  • Sheep Rearing under Rubber

  • Technology Transfer to Public Sector Enterprises

• F. ENERGY

  • Solar Smoke House for Rubber Drying

  • Solar Power Boosted Smokehouse

  • Development of Low-Cost Food Dehydration System using Solar Energy and Coal for the Village Level Food Preservation in Korea

  • Materials Studies of Thin Film Solar Cell Related to Small Scale Energy Plant for Electric Generation in Rural Areas

  • Linking Energy Projects with Rural Development Schemes

  • An Active Solar Dryer for Agricultural Crops

  • Drying of Bricks and Tiles by Solar Energy

  • Biomass Powered Ice-Maker for Rural Fishing Village

  • Alternative Approaches for Electricity Generating System through Animal Power for Rural Applications

  • Drying of Shallots by using Artificial Dryer on Various Conditions of Temperature and Drying Time

• G. RURAL AGRICULTURE

  • Self-Reliance Technology for Thailand National Development: Case Study of a Four Wheel Low-Cost Agricultural Transport Vehicle

  • Artificial Insemination as a Tool in the Transfer of Technology for the Development of Goat Production in Malaysia

  • Leucaena Leucocephala - Prospects for its Utilisation as Animal Feed by the Rural Farmer

  • Utilization of Water Hyacinth in Mushroom Cultivation

  • Developing a Culture of Growing Plants in Fibrous Containers to assist Rural Development in the Humid Tropics

  • Crop Production in Sand with Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Mulching

  • The Impact of Genetic Engineering Technology on Rural Development

  • Hydroponics for the Rural Community

  • Fungus Succession on Fruit Trees and its Importance to the Control of Fruit-Tree Diseases in Malaysia

  • Extension Work on Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation