Thursday, August 16, 2012

Which technology is most appropriate?


Any technology to be appropriate must be economically affordable, socio-culturally suitable and environmentally sustainable. People will adopt a technology only if it meets the following requirements.
1.       The technology must be useful responding to the farmers perceive needs or problems.
2.       It must be acceptable. The people must be able to obtain it using available resources.
3.       Ti must be adaptable to the people’s overall production system.
4.       It must be compatible with the people’s socio-cultural systems and its application must not compete with any deeply rooted belied or practices. People neglect to attach toilet to the biogas plant because of the socio-cultural taboo.
5.       Must address felt needs of farmers
6.       Adoptable for production process.
7.       Compatible for with social cultural system.
8.       Environment friendly, economical and simple.

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