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Traditional knowledge
About: Traditional knowledge is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10825 publications have been published within this topic receiving 202790 citations. The topic is also known as: indigenous knowledge & indigenous knowledge system.
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01 Jan 2001
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TL;DR: Farmers who had been exposed to sources of information about improved farming were better informed about pests, but made little effort to control them.
Abstract: In smallholder farming in Africa, the literature on agricultural development emphasizes the need for research institutions to understand indigenous knowledge systems in a bid to adapt their technologies to local farmers’ situations and enhance the acceptance and adoption of these technologies. In a study of farmers’ knowledge of crop pests in a project in Oyugis and Kendu Bay in western Kenya, farmers were knowledgeable about. a large number of crop pests, such as birds, weeds, wild animals such as porcupines, and insects such as stem borers. However, activities to control the pests, especially stem borers, were minimal or non‐existent. Farmers who had been exposed to sources of information about improved farming were better informed about pests, but made little effort to control them.
52 citations
01 Feb 1999
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe recent efforts to identify Maori values which are part of Maori traditional knowledge (maatauranga Maaori), and present a method and framework for incorporating these values into GIS tools.
Abstract: In New Zealand, geographic information systems (GIS) are becoming increasingly important in all areas of resource management and environmental planning. There is growing interest among the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, in the use of GIS to help them achieve some of their goals and aspirations. This article describes recent efforts to identify Maori values which are part of Maori traditional knowledge (maatauranga Maaori). It then presents a method and framework for incorporating these values into GIS tools.
51 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the high profile case of the Canadian government's attempt to remediate arsenic contamination at the former Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories and argue that proponents of the remediation project failed to acknowledge that Indigenous TK is not simply a storehouse of scientific data on plants and animals, but is woven together with historical memories of rapid social, economic and environmental changes associated with northern development projects.
51 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze how gender-equitable initiatives tend to assume an ad hoc character with few governments effectively involving women in their sustainable development strategies, and how commitments contained in international agreements can be translated into concrete actions.
Abstract: Although there has been a broad acknowledgment that women’s local and traditional knowledge is fundamental to guarantee food security and conserve biological diversity, few women are represented at the managerial and decision-making level of environmental movements and organizations. The United Nations, its agencies and agreements have long promoted the full and effective participation of women in decision-making processes. So how can commitments contained in international agreements be translated into concrete actions? By using the case of the Convention on Biological Diversity, one of the key agreements adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, this article analyses how gender-equitable initiatives tend to assume an ad hoc character with few governments effectively involving women in their sustainable development strategies. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations or its subsidiary bodies.
51 citations