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Simple and cheap: Nepal’s application of science

SciDev.net
16 August 2007

Village in Nagarkot, Nepal

Almost unnoticed, Nepal is developing simple and cheap technologies that make the best of local resources and don’t damage the environment.
Down a narrow alley in Kathmandu’s historic heart, through a low door, you enter Akal Man Nakarmi’s workshop. Nakarmi’s surname means ‘metalsmith’ and the soft-spoken craftsman’s ancestors crafted copper utensils [...]