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...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Leafy Vegetables Edible Leaves Indigenous Knowledge

  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...
    Botanical pesticides Insecticide Indigenous Knowledge

  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...
    AFSA Indigenous Knowledge Finance Management Biodiversity Conse... Disaster Mitigation Climate Adaptation Climate Change Preventing Poverty Alleviating Poverty Basic Nutrition Food Security Case Studies East Africa Agroecology 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...
    Ecology Agroecology Sustainable Agricu... Small-Scale Agricu... Family Farm Indigenous Food Pl... Indigenous Knowledge

  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
    Tropical Lowlands Sustainable Agricu... Fish Farming Indigenous Knowledge Agroforestry

  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
    Amazon River Region Potatoes Biological Diversity Genetic Diversity Indigenous Knowledge Iguanas

  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
    Herders Niger Tunisia Soil Conservation Water Conservation Dryland Farming Indigenous Knowledge Water Harvesting