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Preferred term

TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY  

Entry terms

  • INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGIES

Note

  • SN adapted from [UNU]/HDSRTT-4/UNUP-250,M

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

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/debe085c8b6a291b85256aa0005ff7bc
  • T0006292

In other languages

  • التكنولوجيا التقليدية

    Arabic

  • 传统技术

    Chinese

  • TECHNOLOGIE TRADITIONNELLE

    French

  • Традиционные технологии

    Russian

  • TECNOLOGIA TRADICIONAL

    Spanish

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006614

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