Silsoe Research Institute - SRI (formerly the National Institute of agricultural Engineering - NIAE)
Labour Construction Unit - Technical Manual
This is a useful manual for all those involved in the maintenance of rural roads where labour is abundant and machinery scarce. Written by Peter Guthrie OBE (then of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners, now Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development at cambridge University) this manual has been archived as part of the WOSSAC collection at Cranfield University where it is available as a download
Irrigation Systems Management textbook published by the ASABE - is free to download - access the PDF here.
The Mechanics of Tractor - Implement Performance (by Ross H Macmillan)
A textbook for students and engineers with theory and worked examples. Available as 7 downloads:
ADAS Occasional Notes on Mechanisation - Index
These are now available in hard copy at IAgrE offices.
FAO Agricultural Services Bulletins
Bulletin 88 Agricultural engineering in development - Basic blacksmithing: a training manual by J. B.Stokes
Bulletin 93 Agricultural engineering in development - Post Harvest operations and management of food grains by M de Lucia and D Assennato