Using the tricot approach, many agricultural technologies can be tested and innovated. For example:
- Crop varieties
- Fertilizer regimes
- Irrigation systems
- Pest management strategies
- Soil management strategies
- etc.
Every tricot project focuses on one technology (for example, ‘fertilizer composition’), but tests a number of different technology options (fertilizer composition 1, fertilizer composition 2, etc.).
In the past, for example, tricot has often been used to innovate a certain crop (technology) by testing new crop varieties (technology options).
Experimental design terminology would refer to technology as ‘treatment’, and to technology options as ‘levels’. In the context of tricot, we chose to use ‘technology’ and ‘technology options’ for easier understanding.