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Literature reviews and experiment descriptions ready

Posted on September 25, 2009 by tkproject

Our literature reviews and experiment descriptions are ready now, as part of our objectives to gather information about certain traditional technologies and to conduct experiments in order to test the implementation effort outside their traditional area of application. The reviewed … Continue reading →

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Growing Spirulina algae in PET bottles

Posted on September 24, 2009 by tkproject

The history of the use of blue-algae as a high value food source Fast growing algae as a nutrition source of the future is not only an idea found in science fiction books, or case studies of NASA. In fact … Continue reading →

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Water-purification with Moringa olifera seeds and other uses

Posted on September 24, 2009 by tkproject

On the history of water coagulation One example for the rich history of TK is the use of natural coagulants for purification of turbid waters. Already as early as the 1st century A.D. One can find historical records from India … Continue reading →

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Sack gardening

Posted on September 24, 2009 by tkproject

Introduction Sack gardening is a form container gardening that can be practised in densely populated areas where a garden plot is usually not available for most parts of the local population. Like other forms of urban gardens that can be … Continue reading →

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The Windmill

Posted on September 24, 2009 by tkproject

Introduction A windmill is a man-built structure, used to produce mechanical movement on a helix/shaft system by means of the kinetic energy of the wind. The picture of the modern windmill comes from the 19th century. By that time, windmills … Continue reading →

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Definition of Traditional Knowledge [new version]

Posted on August 8, 2009 by tkproject

Introduction Many terms and definitions exist for what we call Traditional Knowledge (TK) in our semester project, among them are Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge or Farmers’ Knowledge. Each of them are addressing different aspects (El Beer, 2007) but are also … Continue reading →

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Literature Reference

Posted on May 4, 2009 by tkproject

Abdulqader, G. et al. 2000 “Harvest of Arthrospira platensis from Lake Kossorom (Chad) and its household usage among the Kanembu.” Journal of Applied Phychology, Vol. 12, p. 493-498 Aiba, S. & Ogawa, T., 1977 “Assessment of growth yield of a … Continue reading →

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