scholarly journals Papatuanuku, Earth Mother: indigenous knowledge in 21st century soil management

Soil Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Soil Management

scholarly journals Increasing Crop Water Productivity through Local Crops and Technologies: A Case from the Ethnic Chepang Community of Nepal

2012 ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
Bed P. Khatiwada ◽  
Rajan Ghimire ◽  
Rabindra Adhikari ◽  
Surendra Osti
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Crop Water ◽  
Crop Water Productivity ◽  
Sustainable Soil Management ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Made In ◽  
Production Resource

Water is the most important and scarce production resource, and with changing climate the importance of this resource increases significantly. Increasing efforts are being made in research and education to maximize the water use efficiently with the concept of ‘crop per drop’ to increase crop water productivity with a good blend of science and indigenous knowledge. Nepalese farmers are adapting the best to water scarcity through adoption of sustainable soil management and the use of crops with minimum water requirement, among other options. This paper attempts to deal with the neglected issues of using local crops and indigenous knowledge and technologies for increasing water productivity.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hn.v11i1.7204 Hydro Nepal Special Issue: Conference Proceedings 2012 pp.50-53

Indigenous Knowledge and Soil Management

2015 ◽  
pp. 91-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fusako Ishida ◽  
Guanglong Tian ◽  
Toshiyuki Wakatsuki
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Soil Management

Intercultural doctoral supervision: The centrality of place, time and other forms of knowledge

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Manathunga
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Doctoral Supervision ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

In order to wrestle effectively with the problems facing our world in the 21st century, we need to draw together the vast array of knowledge systems that all human cultures have produced. This means creating space for Southern, Eastern and Indigenous knowledge in universities and developing more effective forms of intercultural communication. In a recent book, I argued that intercultural doctoral supervision could be a key site for the recognition and ongoing development of Southern, Eastern and Indigenous knowledge. In order for this to become possible, I suggested that there needs to be a serious commitment to understanding how place, time and knowledge play out in supervision across and between cultures. The purpose of this essay is to briefly outline my attempts to (re)read a range of ‘Southern’ theoretical resources pedagogically and through interview data in order generate a series of implications for intercultural doctoral supervision.

Indigenous Knowledge and Soil Management

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanglong Tian ◽  
Fusako Ishida ◽  
Dyno Keatinge ◽  
Fusako Ishida ◽  
Guanglong Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Soil Management

scholarly journals Exploring Farmers’ Indigenous Knowledge of Soil Quality and Fertility Management Practices in Selected Farming Communities of the Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone of Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Ansong Omari ◽  
Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura ◽  
Elsie Sarkodee Addo ◽  
Yosei Oikawa ◽  
Yoshiharu Fujii
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Indicator Plants ◽  
Farming Communities

Efforts to improve soil productive capacity aimed at boosting crop production in the Northern Ghana has primarily focused on field-based experiments with little documentation on farmer practice and local indigenous knowledge of soil management. A sample group of 114 farmers from five farming communities in the Guinea Savannah was interviewed to evaluate their indigenous knowledge of crop production practices in the context of soil health, fertilization management, and crop yield. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and responses for each category were calculated using simple proportions. Farmers’ fertilization practice was primarily influenced by fertilization resource availability and crop yield response. The results showed that inorganic fertilization was the commonest fertilization type among farmers. Farmer local indicators of soil health were predominantly limited to visually observable signs such as presence or absence of indicator plants, growth vigor of plants, soil color, and tilth, texture, and compaction. Non-tactile and visible indicators, notably soil chemical composition and presence of soil microorganisms, was rarely used. The listed indicators were congruent with scientific reports, although some knowledge gaps, particularly on the use of indicator plants, were identified. The use of indicator plants as determinants of healthy or non-healthy soils appeared to be influenced by the ease of control of weeds, its utilitarian benefits, benefits to the soil, and threats on cultivated crops. Famers were well informed about the decreasing crop yield. Fertilization practices and limitations in soil management practices with proposed capacity building approaches aimed at enhancing productive capacities of cultivated farmlands are discussed.

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