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"Tools for Agriculture is a guide to small-scale farming equipment which offers information to smallholder farmers, development workers, and manufacturers all over the world. This revised and updated fourth edition, appearing 25 years after ITDG's original published guide to appropriate equipment, ""Tools for Progress"", is the first to be produced from a computer database, compiled jointlyw ith GRET to enable systematic and continuous updating. Information has been selected from more than 1200 manufacturers in over 90 countries, and is presented here in ten sections for ease of reference. Each subject area - field power, soil preparation, crop protection - is introduced by a specialist who sets the range of available tools, implements and machines against a background of good farming practice, and the factors to weigh up when making a choice. The theme of effective choice is also considered in the main introduction along with an analysis of why some mechanization projects are more successful than others and how they could be improved. Also included are sources of further information and useful indexes of manufacturers and equipment."

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Author:   Ian Carruthers ,  John Boyd
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 29.20cm
Weight:   0.719kg
ISBN:  

9781853391002

ISBN 10:   185339100
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   15 December 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Ian Carruthers died in 1996. Ian Carruthers will be remembered for his major contributions to agrarian development in the world's poorer countries - particularly in irrigation economics - and for the unique external degrees in Agricultural Development

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