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I think this is a great thread that needs to be fleshed out much more. In last 10 years or more more there has been a minor revolution in development of scale appropriate and affordable ag and rural based capital goods AND their . spread. Machinery like the small scale, affordable machinery like mini-tillers, battery powered three-wheelers (0.8 to 1.6 kw), maize shellers, micro mills etc. that have and are spreading very quickly in S Asia and elsewhere, many times without wasteful gvt subsidy..ie pvt sector led. Many machines are of simple designs that can be copied and fabricated or partially fabricated locally. Also there is the continued spread and even up tick in sales of older established-old school “appropriate” technologies like 2-wheel tractors (aka power tillers- in the millions ), threshers, reaper harvesters, and even mid-small size combine harvesters. HESN/Innovation labs may prove their worth in the future but what is lacking is for the US and other academies to look around in the developing world at what is succeeding already, and attempt to bring and test / test market those techs and ideas with appropriate pvt sector partners to where they ain’t.
That’s an important point, thanks for making it.