Appropriateness of Technology
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Appropriate technology refers to those methods of production which are suitable to local economic, social and cultural conditions. In recent years,
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Appropriate technology refers to those methods of production which are suitable to local economic, social and cultural conditions. In recent years, the debate about appropriate technology gas been sparked off mainly by Schumacher and others. The advocates of appropriate technology urge that the technology should be evaluated in terms of the following questions.
1. Whether the technology utilises local raw materials?
2. Whether the technology utilises local man power?
3. Whether the goods and services produced cater to the basic needs?
4. Whether the technology protects ecological balance?
5. Whether the technology is harmonious with social and cultural conditions?
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