Trees in Agricultural Systems (FW5710 - Michigan Technological University) and Community Planning and Analysis (FW5770 - Michigan Technological University) students put together web sites on topics of their choice.
Forestry and Agriculture
* Bees.
* Teak.
* Pest Management in North West Africa.
* Microcatchments / water harvesting.
* Moringa oleifera ... the mulitpurpose wonder tree.
* Silvopastoral Agroforestry Systems.
* Rain Erosion.
* Vermiculture.
* Composting in Wet Environments.
* Composting in Arid Environments.
* Staple Crops of West Africa.
* Women's Projects with Groundnuts in West Africa.
Women and Development.
* Women's Literacy and Development.
* Women's Projects with Groundnuts in West Africa.
Water and Sanitation / Engineering
* Drinking Water in Developing Countries.
* Evaporative Cooling Systems.
* Estimating Design Discharge for Small Ungaged Watersheds Using the SCS Method.
* Wind Power.
* Hurricane Resistant Housing Design for Central America and the Caribbean.
* Low and No Tech Rural Mapping.
* Wastewater Treatment in the Tropics.
* Grey water.
* Solar Cooking. (Number 1)
* Solar Cookers. (Number 2)
* Improving Air Quality degraded by home cooking.
* Improving the Quality of Brick Manufacturing.
* Rain Erosion.
* Rower pumps. (Not developed by Michigan Tech Peace Corps students, but recommended by MTU geology professor and RPCV Philippines Charles Young.)
Household / Income Generation
* Cereamine - A special set of information put together by Brock Emerson. Cereamine is a high-energy flour made from corn, beans, rice, millet, and peanuts. The flour is used to make a warm porridge similar to Cream of Wheat. Africans in the south of Mauritania, many of whom are farmers, grow the basic ingredients for Cereamine.
* Improving Air Quality degraded by home cooking.
Environmental Concerns.
* Madagascar and Soil Erosion.
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Most recent update: 23 June 2005.