Appropriate Technologies

for
Development in Haiti
Robert Fairchild
10 March 2015
solarbobky@yahoo.com

What is technology?

What is appropriate technology?

INFRASTRUCTURE
Roads and footpaths:
Better construction and maintenance

Electricity - hydro
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Small

Micro
Microgrid
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Electricity - solar

Recycling

Recycling

AGRICULTURE
Grasses
vetiver
napier
bamboo

Aquatic plants
azolla
duckweed
water hyacinth
cattails

Aquatic animals
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fish
crustaceans

Cultivating decomposers
black soldier fly
earthworms
mushrooms

Composting

Mulch
chopped banana stems
bagasse
coconut husk
weeds
tree leaves

Nitrogen fixing legumes

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l
l
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annual herbaceous
perennial herbaceous
shrubs
trees

Cut and carry livestock feeding

Reduced tillage
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mulch
cover crops

Phosphorus scavengers
Tithonia diversifolia

Lantana camara

Biochar

Contour erosion control measures

Contour erosion control measures

System of Rice Intensification

Leaf crops
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l
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Fresh
Dried and pulverized
Leaf protein concentrate

Microbial innoculants
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Rhizobial

Mycorrhizal

Biodigesters
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l
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Coffee pulp
Aquatic weeds
Manure

Tools and machinery

transport

Farm tools

Improved agricultural processing machinery

Value added processing of agricultural products

Canning mango pulp

Improved crop storage

Simple solar agricultural dryers

Rainwater cisterns

Irrigation

HOUSEHOLD
Sanitation
Composting latrines

Composting of human excrement

Improved water purification

Improved biomass cookstoves

Reduce:
Smoke
Fuel
Heat
Time

Household rocket stoves

Institutional rocket stoves

Gasifier stoves

Charcoal stoves

Charcoal stoves

Kitchen shelters

Reduce radiant heat gain

Natural lighting

Improved stick building techniques

Improved concrete construction

CHALLENGES
Money
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Time
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Energy
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Risk
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Social/Cultural
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Education
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