
502 Promoting PV in Developing Countries
and transform agriculture in developing countries was flawed.
Instead, improvements on “low-tech” equipment would be more
appropriate—Appropriate Technology. He launched the charity
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) to put his
ideas into action. This was the start of the appropriate technology
movement. Schumacher travelled and lectured all over the world,
and ITDG was inundated with enquiries from people in developing
countries, like “how can I improve my donkey-drawn plough”, to
more relevant to this subject “can I build a solar water heater”. ITDG
did not have the resources to deal with the volume ...