Zasoby Tagged: Indigenous Knowledge

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  1. Indigenous Leafy Vegetables

    01-04-2009 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...
    Leafy Vegetables Edible Leaves Indigenous Knowledge Dark Green Leafy V...

  2. Spatial Mapping with Local Knowledge

    20-03-2014
    Indigenous Knowledge East Africa

  3. 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

  4. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Climate Change Management in Africa

    20-01-2017 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

  5. 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...
    Indigenous Knowledge Insecticide Botanical pesticides

  6. AFSA Case Studies of Agroecology

    AFSA’s collection of case studies shows how agroecology benefits Africa in terms of food security, nutrition, poverty reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity conservation, cultural sensitivity, democracy, and value for money. Agroecology works in harmony with nature. It...
    Agroecology East Africa Case Studies Food Security Basic Nutrition Alleviating Poverty Preventing Poverty Climate Change Climate Adaptation Disaster Mitigation Biodiversity Conse... Finance Management Indigenous Knowledge AFSA East Africa

  7. El Sistema Milpa

    01-01-2011 *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...
    Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Food Pl... Family Farm Small-Scale Agricu... Sustainable Agricu... Agroecology Ecology

  8. FM 1991 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 7 #4

    19-12-1991 Strategies for integrated systems Herding associations - Peru Community based landuse planning in Thailand Lowland farming Women integrate fish and farming Sustainable agriculture Agroforestry Indigenousknowledge
    Agroforestry Indigenous Knowledge Fish Farming Sustainable Agricu... Tropical Lowlands

  9. FM 1989 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 5 #4

    19-04-1989 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
    Iguanas Indigenous Knowledge Genetic Diversity Biological Diversity Potatoes Amazon River Region

  10. FM 1986 ILEIA Newsletter #5

    19-08-1986 Water harvesting Indigenous knowledge Dryland management - take a fresh look at local traditions Water and soil conservation by farmers in Burkina Faso Runoff farming in Tunisia Water harvesting in Kenya Water harvesting techniques Herders associations - Niger
    Water Harvesting Indigenous Knowledge Dryland Farming Water Conservation Soil Conservation Tunisia Niger Herders