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Title: Village of the Future Outline: Topic: Innovation to improve life of rural farmer. Main Idea: There are 7 new methods to improve life of rural farmer Supporting details: 1. iogas digester !. "elia#le source of water $. %lternative wa& to plant so&#eans '. (ow)cost solar dr&er *. (ow)cost rice storage +. Solar "efrigerator 7. (ow)cost method to #uild the house Summar&)"esponse: %ccording to the article ,Village of the Future)% -ure for r#an Overpopulation/ #& 0avid ( Terr& traditional methods of agriculture and life st&les don2t need to #e changed #ut it would #e #etter to improve it with a new methods. The %sian Institute of Technolog& 3%IT4 currentl& is wor5ing on several pro6ect to improve life ualit& of rural farmer. First is iogas digester. It is constructed of low)cost concrete c&linders the tan5s then connected with plastic pipes. The gas can #e get either from human or animal waste. %fter the initial cost of construction a verita#le free source gas and fish food can #e collected. Second is the new relia#le source of water. %IT recommends that the Village own their own water committees. %IT is also wor5ing on % low)cost slow sand filtration water purification so that the villagers can reuse their water. Third is a new alternative wa& to plant so&#eans. In order to improve time efficienc& in planting so&#eans %IT developed the machine that can #e plant the seed of so&#eans3So&#eans Seeder4. Fourth is low)cost solar dr&er. -onstructed from cheap material it allows the farmer to dr& his rice harvest more efficienc& with less 5ernel crac5age and loss to rodents or #irds. Fifth is low)cost rice storage. %IT developed a ferrocement rice storage #in. Ferrocement does not reuire heav& machiner& for construction and the s5ills for ferrocement construction are uic5l& acuired. Si8th is solar refrigerator. In man& remote villages with no source of electricit& the refrigeration of perisha#le crops is ussual& impossi#le. To fi8 this pro#lems %IT constructed the new solar refrigerator.

(ast a low)cost method of #uilding houses for the poor and the villagers has #een developed. It is 5nown as 2uilding Together2 it is a group of families #uild their own homes. To 5eep costs at a minimum mem#er first construct a small factor& to produce their own material. 9ell personall& I thin5 %IT did a great 6o#. The& are a#le to produce the new idea that can #e implemented to improve life ualit& of rural farmer. 9ith this solution I hope the ur#an migration pro#lem can #e solved. (ogicall& farmer left #ehind their own farming land #ecause it is economicall& #ad #ut with the solution that %IT provided hopefull& the farmers will go #ac5 to their own village.