Sunday, January 23, 2011
Creating serendipity: Using knowledge transfer networks
In the 1960s, small machines suddenly started appearing by the streams and rivers in some of the remotest parts of Nepal.
These micro-hydro machines resembled small pumps, and used the flow of the water coming down from the hills to generate cheap and renewable power for villages and farmers.
The technology was first brought to the country by foreign organisations in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Swiss Association for Technical Assistance.
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