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Write in brief about Technology Transfer and Appropriate Technology?
Technology Transfer: ‘The process of moving technology to a novel setting and implementing there.’ • Novel setting is any situation containing at least one new variable relevant to success or failure of given technology • Transfer of technology from a familiar to a new environment is a complex process Appropriate Technology: ‘Identification, transfer, and implementation of the most suitable technology for a new set of conditions’ • Conditions include social factors that go beyond routine economic and technical engineering constraints • Identifying them requires attention to an array of human values and needs that ma y influence how a technology affects the novel situation • Intermediate technology