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Welcome to the Akvopedia,
2,211 articles in English
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Featured Water solution
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Pepsi drip irrigation - Drip irrigation reduces water consumption but conventional drip technology is "high-tech" and expensive. To make drip irrigation affordable for small farmers, the Chapin bucket or IDE bucket and drum kits were developed. A bucket kit costing US$ 5 can irrigate 25 square meters and a drum kit five times as much. Based on this principle, farmers make a drip system made of plastic hoses that is normally used to package ice-lollies. More about Pepsi drip irrigation. Other water solutions.
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Featured Sanitation solution
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Co-composting - Composting is an aerobic process in which bacteria and other organisms feed on organic material and decompose it. The `recipe' of co-composting combines materials of high-carbon and high-nitrogen. Air is added to maintain aerobic conditions, either by turning the windrows or by forcing air through them. Adding excreta, especially urine, to household organics produces compost with a higher nutrient value (N-P-K) than compost produced only from kitchen and garden wastes.
More about Co-composting. More sanitation solutions.
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Featured Approaches article
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| The article Choosing sustainable technology helps you avoid failures from the past. Previously, many technologies introduced in developing countries failed. Major reasons for failure were that the techologies involved were too expensive, too complicated and/or had a lack of ownership.
The list should be a practical help to assess the viability of a specific technology in a specific situation. The article is part of the Approaches portal.
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Featured organisation
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IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre - Since its foundation in 1968, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they will use and maintain. IRC has a wide international network of NGOs that work at grassroots level. IRC is a co-founder of Akvo.
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