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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 some recent
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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- (Technica
Screening Feasibility Test) l
 Technology Classification
 Technology Characterization

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