- Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Management of Soils

2013 ◽  
pp. 320-353 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Sustainable Management

Traditional Knowledge, Agave Inaequidens (Koch) Conservation, and the Charro Lariat Artisans of San Miguel Cuyutlán, Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana G. Valenzuela-Zapata ◽  
Irma Lopez-Muraira ◽  
Marie Sarita Gaytán
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Laboratory Analysis ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
The Relationship

The Mexican sport of charrería, or Mexican rodeo, developed in post-conquest Mexico as a way of preserving and celebrating traditional cowboy riding and livestock handling skills. Today, charrería is considered the national sport of Mexico and the charro (cowboy) is also a celebrated icon of Mexicanness. Special handcrafted ropes used in charrería, known as sogas finas, or charro lariats, are made from the fibers of the Agave inaequidens. The manufacture of charro ropes is an artisinal practice that requires both cultural and botanical knowlege. In the last ten years, there has been a significant decline in the A. inaequidens population in the Cerro Viejo mountain range of the central-western Mexican state of Jalisco, putting the financial wellbeing of local lariat artisans at risk. Drawing on fieldwork and laboratory analysis conducted from 2002 through 2010, we discuss the socio-cultural significance of charro lariats, detail the harvesting of A. inaequidens in relation to lariat craftsmanship, document the physical characteristics of the A. inaequidens from this region, and describe the relationship between traditional knowledge and the local economy. The goal of this research is two-fold: 1) to stimulate feedback between producers and consumers in an attempt to leverage the existing business cluster based on traditional knowledge and 2) to initiate dialogue concerning conservation, domestication, and sustainable management of the wild A. inadequidens population.

scholarly journals Wild edible plants in the Ehotilé, a fishing people around Aby lagoon (eastern littoral of Côte d'Ivoire): Knowledge and availability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Djah François Malan ◽  
Danho Fursy Rodelec Neuba
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Wild Fruits ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Availability Index

This study is set within the important framework of the imperative need to safeguard traditional knowledge at historical, nutritional levels, and as an element of sustainable management of natural resources. Thus, it aimed to identify, through four ethnobotanical surveys (2007, 2009, 2015 and 2019), the wild edible plants used by the Ehotilé around the Aby Lagoon, on the Ivorian eastern littoral, to evaluate the use, preference and availability related to these plants and to discuss the evolution of food practices since the observations of missionaries three centuries earlier. The level of knowledge was analysed using Smith's Index and the availability of edible fruits was assessed with a new cognitive index. Compared to the era of the first settlement, the diet of the Ehotilé has undergone many modifications. Current observations showed that wild plants were rarely used in the diet which was essentially cassava-based. Thirty-nine edible ethnospecies corresponding to 40 scientific plants species were recorded for 46 uses, of which, wild fruits with 54.17 % were the most important. Edible fruits were available all year round, but irregularly and the availability index suggested that 10 species of the fruits sought were rare in the region. The study has shown that gathering plants are well known by the Ehotilé. However, they are not very present in their diet. In addition, they have a good knowledge of the availability of their edible plants and could therefore be key resource persons in any assessment of the dynamics of plants in their environment.

Reducing Unintended Consequences of Agricultural Phosphorus

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Flaten ◽  
Andrew Sharpley ◽  
Helen Jarvie ◽  
Peter Kleinman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Valuable Resource

This article reflects upon the challenges we face in agricultural P management and provides a discussion about opportunities to promote more comprehensive and sustainable management of this valuable resource.

Pescadores migrantes: análisis de su dinámica e integración Social

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Fernando González Laxe
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Social Competition ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Fishery Resources ◽  
Migration Dynamics ◽  
The Many

The globalization of the economy encourages massive population displacements and inevitably generates a cosmopolitization of societies. This leads to concern, misunderstanding and rejection. The most vulnerable social groups in society can perceive the population as intruders and enemies in social competition. Undoubtedly, the extreme spatial instability of fishery resources is among the many factors affecting migration dynamics. Various reasons for the mobility of fishermen are relevant around this concept. These include aspect related to traditions, to the capitalisation of activity, to technological innovations, and to innovation exchanges concerning the location of fish stocks. This article reflects on spatial increase of fishermen’s. The analyse are part of the paradigm of the sustainable management of common renewable resources, in particular fishery resources. It presents three lines of analysis: the reason for mobility; the choice of destination; and are the integration into host units.

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