3. Screening Methods
a.Market suitability: market analysis
b.Operations suitability: strategic analysis of technology's
potential
c.Economic suitability: an analysis of costs and
benefits, capital return
d.Technical Suitability: logistics requirements, location,
labour and planting materials
e.Suitability of institutional and management: risk analysis
f.Technology adaptability
g.Development of effective and efficient technology
4. a. Market suitability: market analysis
Objective:
provide a real-world, in-market exposure for evaluating
the technology and its marketing programme.
- evaluating technology in a smaller, less
expensive situation.
- determine whether or not the potential profit
opportunity outweighs the potential risks
14. c. Economic suitability: an analysis of
costs and benefits, capital return
Business Analysis
*should be carried out before a physical product has been manufactured
or otherwise produced
16. d. Technical Suitability: logistics
requirements, location, labour and
planting materials
Location
• Land: signed and registered
documentation.
•Strategic
21. f. Technology adaptability
- Reduce crop/
livestock yields
- Increase pest,
diseases,
weeds
Adaptation is an adjustment made to a human,
ecological or physical system in response to a
perceived vulnerability