They believe GM is, in general, a dangerous and inappropriate technology for agriculture.
Many SMEs may use an inappropriate technology because it is the only one they can afford.
In other instances, inappropriate technology is being developed and applied, such as cluster munitions.
However, decentralised wastewater treatment is not without its share of challenges resulting from choice of inappropriate technology, improper siting of infrastructure, in adherence to correct design concepts and lack of proper maintenance (Omenka 2010; Libralato et al. 2012).
Thousands of toilets lie abandoned in India either never used or abandoned after short use, due to poor construction quality or inappropriate technology design.
The provision of inappropriate technology ranked second (23%, n = 32).
The alternative reasons provided generally resulted in the reversal of the options normal wear and tear and use of inappropriate technology, and inappropriate use by residents and general damage.
The primary reasons for household items needing urgent repairs (n = 90) were normal wear and tear (27.7%, n = 25), inappropriate technology (20%, n = 18), general damage (18.8%, n = 17), inappropriate use (14.4%, n = 13) and malicious damage (12.2%, n = 11).
Among these houses, the primary reasons for household items having major problems (n = 49) were the provision of inappropriate technology (28.6%, n = 14), normal wear and tear (26.5%, n = 13) and inappropriate use (20.4%, n = 10).
Their involvement was found to improve patients' quality of life [ 10– 12], their satisfaction with care [ 12, 13] and communication about goals of care, resulting in less diagnostic testing and less use of inappropriate technology and intensive care [ 14].
