Resources Tagged: Indigenous Knowledge

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  1. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Climate Change Management in Africa

    2017-01-20 Climate change presents a profound challenge to food security and sustainable development in Africa. Its negative impacts are likely to be greatest in the African region, which is already food insecure. In the face of global climate change and its emerging challenges and unknowns, it is essential...
    Indigenous Knowledge

  2. Five Indigenous Farming Practices Enhancing Food Security

    On the 2017International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations is celebrating the 10th anniversary of theDeclaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The Declaration, formally adopted in 2007,is an international human rights instrument that sets a standard for the...
    Indigenous Knowledge

  3. Indigenous Leafy Vegetables

    2009-04-01 If you work in a country that is not your own, chances are you sometimes wonder about which crops to grow and promote. A good first step is to find out what is already being grown in-country. It will quickly become obvious what the staple grains are. Less apparent, and often greatly...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Leafy Vegetables Edible Leaves Indigenous Knowledge

  4. Spatial Mapping with Local Knowledge

    2014-03-20
    Indigenous Knowledge East Africa

  5. El Sistema Milpa

    2011-01-01 *Disponible solo en español. El proposito de este manual es proporionar a promotores y propmotoras una herraminenta que les permita conocer y difundir las buenas practicas agroecologicas indigenas, cuya aplicacion les permitira hacer una agricultura sostenible y ecologicamente segura, obtener...
    Ecology Agroecology Sustainable Agricu... Small-Scale Agricu... Family Farm Indigenous Food Pl... Indigenous Knowledge

  6. Efficacy of Homemade Botanical Insecticides Based on Traditional Knowledge: A Review

    Abstract, Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2019 Homemade botanical insecticides are widely used by subsistence and transitional farmers in low-income countries. Their use is often driven by the limited availability or cost of commercial pesticides. Homemade botanical insecticides are often...
    Botanical pesticides Insecticide Indigenous Knowledge

  7. Book 016 Emotional Integration & Awakening, #16

    2005-01-01 Now the era of endogenous development is emerging, which should fly with two wings - (i) the sustainability, (ii) stability and walk with local values and resources and also judiciously blend with suitable modern values and knowledge systems and vise versa. It should work on sociologically...
    COMPAS Downloads Indigenous Knowledge Community Development Endogenous growth Endogenous Develop... Emotional Integration

  8. Book 020 Seeking Strength From Within: The Quest for a Methodology of Endogenous Development

    2010-01-01 The book presents the critical reflections and learning culled from the different experiences and, as such, represents a step towards disseminating the approaches that have been developed in the last ten years in the work of the COMPAS endogenous development programme. Rather than just compiling...
    Downloads COMPAS Indigenous Knowledge Endogenous Develop... Endogenous growth

  9. CM4 Methodologies to Support Endogenous Development

    2001-01-03 The main activities are documenting indigenous knowledge and carrying out experiments based on local concepts. The traditional leaders are involved in implementing activities to improve indigenous practices relating to agriculture, human and animal health and natural resources. The experiences...
    Downloads Indigenous Practices Indigenous Knowledge Animal Health Human Health Cultural Dive COMPAS Endogenous Develop... Participatory Methods

  10. FM 1989 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 5 #4

    1989-04-19 Women use local knowledge to ensure survival Amazonian myth gives peasants' views Farmers welcome iguanas in forests of Panama Local initiatives in maintaining biological diversity Andean potato Indigenous knowledge Sustainable rice-farming Village based seed production Genetic diversity
    Amazon River Region Potatoes Biological Diversity Genetic Diversity Indigenous Knowledge Iguanas