==AIDFI Techno Park, Philippines==
The AIDFI Techno Park is an area where different technologies which AIDFI develops are displayed. Besides this, it has a large learning centre with visual and audio facilities. It can also be rented for trainings and conferences. AIDFI has a range of technologies, including hydraulic ram pumps, rope pumps, biogas digesters, microhydro, windmills, rice hull stoves, rotary weeder, ferro-cement technology, etc.
AIDFI or Alternative Indeginous Development Foundation Inc. was founded in the Philippines in the 1990s. Since then it has been developing technologies to aid agricultural production and take care of people’s basic needs such as water and sanitation in a cheap and renewable manner. They believe these technologies are key to solving poverty and hunger problems in rural communities.
The Technopark was set up to allow locals to make use of the knowledge, skills and resources showcased there. These can be optimised for the devlopment of locally designed, locally produced alternative technologies for the agricultural and manufacturing industry.
AIDFI also believes that technologies alone are not a sustainable method of development. They also train development workers, who assist villages in developing self-reliance and managing development projects to ensure sustainability.
The AIDFI Techno Park is situated on the island Negros, in the Philippines.