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Technology Demonstration Centers

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Technology Demonstration Centers are a very effective way of spreading knowledge on low-cost options in a given region. Because a technology always needs to be adapted to the local circumstances, preferences, materials and skills, in the ideal case each region should have a Technology Demonstration Center. There are not very many Technology Demonstration Centers around the world, and the spread of low-cost technology could receive a significant boost if more would come into being.
==AIDFI TechnoparkTechno Park, Philippines==The AIDFI Techno Park is an area where different technologies which AIDFI develops are displayed. Besides this, it has a large learning centre with visual and audio facilities. It can also be rented for trainings and conferences. AIDFI has a range of technologies, including hydraulic ram pumps, rope pumps, biogas digesters, microhydro, windmills, rice hull stoves, rotary weeder, ferro-cement technology, etc.
take place in several places in The AIDFI Techno Park is situated on the worldisland Negros, and display and showcase appropriate technologies. Also called "Smart tec Centers" by in the NGO Connect International, the objective is to demonstrate innovative low cost water and sanitation options, and hands-on is givenPhilippines.Examples are the [http://www.aidfi.org/ Website AIDFI][AIDFI Techno Park|Read more on AIDFI Technopark]] in the Philippines, displaying AIDFI's (Alternative Indeginous Development Foundation Inc) technologies are displayed.
==EMAS, Bolivia==
EMAS runs a training center in Porto Perez, situated at the Titicaca lake in Bolivia, around an hour drive from the Capital La Paz.
[http://www.emas-international.de/english/index_e.htm Website EMAS]
[[EMAS|Read more on EMAS]]
==SHIPO, Tanzania==The NGO SHIPO (Southern Highlands Participatory Organization) runs a Technology Demonstration Center in Njombe, located in Southern Tanzania. They focus on low-cost water technology such as rope pumps, manual well drilling, and drip irrigation.[[EMAS|Read more on EMAS]http://www.shipo-tz.org/ Website SHIPO]
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