Editing Appropriate technology (section)

===Predecessors===
Indian ideological leader [[Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]] is often cited as the "father" of the appropriate technology movement. Though the concept had not been given a name, Gandhi advocated for small, local and predominantly village-based technology to help India's villages become self-reliant. He disagreed with the idea of technology that benefited a minority of people at the expense of the majority or that put people out of work to increase profit.<ref name=Akubue /> In 1925 Gandhi founded the All-India Spinners Association and in 1935 he retired from politics to form the All-India Village Industries Association. Both organizations focused on village-based technology similar to the future appropriate technology movement.<ref name=mkgandhi>{{cite web |title=Back in India |website=MK Gandhi |url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/chrono/under3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507040402/http://www.mkgandhi.org/chrono/under3.htm |archive-date=2011-05-07 |access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref>

China also implemented policies similar to appropriate technology during the reign of [[Mao Zedong]] and the following [[Cultural Revolution]]. During the Cultural Revolution, development policies based on the idea of "walking on two legs" advocated the development of both large-scale factories and small-scale village industries.<ref name=Akubue />