New technology in a developing country - a case study in the Maldives McIntyre, Andrew, McRae, Thomas and Paudel, Durga 2004, New technology in a developing country - a case study in the Maldives, in Proceedings of the IVth International Symposium on Horticultural Education, Extension and Training, International Society for Horticultural Science, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 249-255. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title New technology in a developing country - a case study in the Maldives Author(s) McIntyre, Andrew McRae, Thomas Paudel, Durga Conference name International Symposium on Horticultural Education, Extension and Training (4th: 2004: Perth, W.A.) Conference location Perth, W.A. Conference dates 18-21 August 2004 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the IVth International Symposium on Horticultural Education, Extension and Training Editor(s) Singh, Z. Batt, P. J. Murray, R. Publication date 2004 Start page 249 End page 255 Publisher International Society for Horticultural Science Place of publication Leuven, Belgium Keyword(s) hydroponics zero-runoff constraints to extension cross-cultural communication Summary In 1998, Maafahi Island was leased by the Maldives government to a private company for development as a multi-faceted primary production value-adding project. The project included boat building, agriculture and fish processing. As part of the agriculture project, a hydroponics facility was commenced in 2001, using a novel zero-runoff nutrient system. Virtually no information was available for using this system in tropical conditions; however Deakin University had been undertaking research on the system for tomato production. In 2004, two Deakin scientists visited the island with the specific purpose of assisting the project operators to ‘improve the greenhouse conditions’ and optimise the production from the greenhouse. In essence, the transition to successful production from ‘book learning’ and ‘no practical experience’ was found to be limited by a range of constraints, and demonstrated that a little knowledge is no substitute for a multidisciplinary approach. Progress had come to a standstill, not because of lack of horticultural expertise, but because of lack of understanding of fundamental science, and lack of understanding by equipment suppliers of the requirements imposed by the conditions. ISBN 9066055987 9789066055988 Language eng Field of Research 070699 Horticultural Production not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed HERDC collection year 2005 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005843 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Ecology and Environment Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 09 Mar 2009, 14:20:14 EST Thu, 12 Mar 2009, 13:57:45 EST Thu, 12 Mar 2009, 13:59:36 EST Thu, 02 Sep 2010, 16:35:21 EST Tue, 07 Sep 2010, 16:04:29 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:39:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 572 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:54:58 EST