Preferred term
TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Used for
- INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGIES
Scope note
- Techniques passed from generation to generation (although some modernized components or processes may be included) and generally possessing most of the following characteristics: use of local resources and equipment that can be easily manufactured and operated by local people,adaptability to local conditions,labour intensity,low requirements in terms of savings or machinery
In other languages
Arabic
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Russian
Spanish
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006614