Subject(s): Rural development -- Rural poor -- Effect of technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Role of technology in improving productivity of small farmer agriculture : Farmer's livelihood security and technology adoption, reviving sick wells to benefit small and marginal farmers, latent technology to improve the productivity of small farmers, agriculture based rural technology, natural resource conservation- technologies options for sustainable development in semi- arid regions, rural technology for on farm water management in waterlogged area, technology adoption in livestock sector by small dairy farmers to cope up with the challenges of economic liberalization, tool for socio-economic development in north east India, role of transfer of technology in improving the productivity of cotton in scarce rainfall zone of Andhra Pradesh, rice- source of rural employment and cost effective crop production -- Technology transfer for sustainable rural industrialization : Issues in the transfer of rural technologies, modernization of rural pottery, rice miling machinery- technology options and economic assessment at rural level. Azolla- sustainable feed substitute for livestock, thermal insulation for rural dairy cold storage, impact of mechanization in palmyrah fiber cottage industry, low cost laundry soaps with non edible oils, raw turmeric rhizome curcumin longa- potential spice for commercial product development, technology and empowerment- case study of traditional footwear cluster in Karnataka, development and evaluation of a prototype tamarind defibering machine, design and development of a low cost rural transporter -- Role of SHGs and other grassroots level organizations in technology transfer : Role of SHGs and other grassroot level organizations in technology transfer, role of formal village organization (FVOs) in the agricultural technologies transfer program of Andaman and Nicobar, farmers organization in transfer to technology in land development, NGOs and technology transfer to rural areas, management of rural technology by grassroot level organizations -- Technology transfer in other sectors : Appropriate technology intervention in rural supply sector in india, issues in technology transfer in rural water supply and sanitation, appropriate rural technologies for production of building materials, technology - availability, use and non use- study in context of selected brick plants in UP, information technology for rural masses, technology transfer for backward area rural development, technology transfer in rural housing sector, influence of energy technology in rainfed agriculture, renewable energy and rural poverty alleviation