{"id":2992,"key":"Appropriate_technology_advocates","title":"Appropriate technology advocates","latest":{"id":1257809,"timestamp":"2026-07-27T17:45:26Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"This pages lists individuals who have invented [[appropriate technologies]] or contributed to their use.\n\nSee the '''[[Wikipedia:Category:Appropriate technology advocates|Appropriate technology advocates category]]''' on Wikipedia for individuals with Wikipedia articles about them; others are listed below.\n\n* Kamal Kar, development consultant developed [[Community-led total sanitation]].\n* Dr. Moses Kizza Musaazi at Uganda's Makerere University Department of Technology, developed the papyrus sanitary pad{{w|papyrus sanitary pad}} or Makapad. He also advocates other forms of [[Appropriate technology|appropriate]] and [[sustainable technology]], including a waste-to-energy{{w|waste-to-energy}} project.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200610230947.html Uganda: Makerere University Plots Garbage Power], East African Business Week (Kampala), October 23, 2006</ref>\n* Dr. Kwame Oppong-Anane of Accra, Ghana. Has successfully developed and transferred [[appropriate technology]] to improve the welfare of women in rural communities in Northern Ghana, and trained and encouraged resource [[poor]] farmers to take up livestock rearing for poverty alleviation and income generation. Dr. Oppong-Anane's approach to agricultural development has helped to empowered women and had a positive environmental impact.<ref>[http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=616953 Agricultural Institute of Canada to Honour Outstanding Individuals] OCTOBER 17, 2006</ref>\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[:Category:Organizations]]\n\n== Notes and references ===\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Appropriate technology]]\n[[Category:People]]"}