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Technologies are selected based on the following criteria:

▪ Provide the means for improving income and
productivity of a greater majority of people;
▪ Provide immediate solutions to self-sufficiency problems,
environmental sustainability, import substitution, export
generation and promotion of alternative sources of food.

The Technology Assessment Protocol (TAP)

Technology assessment is an important aspect of the
whole technology development process. It requires the process
of anticipation and analysis of a broad range of socio-cultural,
technical, economic, environmental and political/legal impact
prior to the introduction of a given technology or even while a
specific technology is being promoted. The success of the
technology assessment depends on the efficient gathering and
synthesis of adequate information. The TAP, which was
developed by PCARRD in 2000, embodies some recent
innovations in technology assessment procedures and
processes. The processes are facilitated by the use of a gap
identification tool called Quick Resources Appraisal (QRA), and
an intervention identification tool - the Risk Management
Process (RMP). The TAP aims to increase the level of confidence
of the R & D community on the technologies it will promote and
transfer.

A pre-requisite to the application of TAP is the
organization of an interdisciplinary team composed of at least
five (5) members with two basic expertise that are critically
needed: a technically competent expert who knows the
technology and the commodity being assessed and an
economist with capabilities in financial analysis.

Working Principles of Technology Assessment

▪ Participatory approach
▪ Team delivery
▪ No role playing
▪ Consensus decision making
▪ Iterative and time bound
▪ Procedures in Technology Assessment
▪ Technology Identification/Pre-Screening (Technical
Feasibility Test)
▪ Technology Classification
▪ Technology Characterization
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