Indigenous knowledge
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Nowadays, most of the mountainous provinces and central highland of Viet Nam’s forests area are decreasing in quality as well as quantity seriously. Consequence, the problem of environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious in Viet Nam such as soil erosion, climate changes, land slide, flood and drought, air pollution, water pollution, etc.
3p vijaychest 16-05-2024 0 0 Download
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This study aims to collect and systematically document the traditional knowledge of poisonous plants by interviewing Van Kieu and Pa Ko ethnic communities in Quang Tri province. A total of 56 poisonous plant species (27 herbs, 15 shrubs and 14 woody plants) of flowering plants belonging to 26 families and 50 genera were found in the study site. Based on the Recorded Poisonous Plant Proportion (RPPP) values, 25 commonly recorded poisonous plants were selected for analyzing Fidelity Level (FL) and Informants Consensus Factor (ICF).
15p dianmotminh02 03-05-2024 2 1 Download
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Ebook "Ethno-ornithology: Birds, indigenous peoples, culture and society" looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance, and how these can assist in framing research methods of western scientists working in related areas. As well as its knowledge base, this book provides practical advice for professionals in conservation and anthropology by demonstrating the relationship between mutual respect, local participation and the building of partnerships for the resolution of joint problems.
377p ladongphongthanh1008 22-04-2024 5 1 Download
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Ebook "Food security governance in the arctic-barents region" provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the major food security and safety challenges faced in the Arctic region. The authors address existing gaps in current knowledge of the coordination and implementation of legal framework and policy that affects the Arctic. The volume is unique in its focus on the Barents region, an area of northern Europe containing Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The region has a population of approximately 5.2 million, including indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.
155p tracanhphuonghoa1007 22-04-2024 3 2 Download
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Ebook "Food security among small-scale agricultural producers in Southern Africa" focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing the plight of poor small-scale agricultural producers. Rapidly growing global population and global policies and management governing sustainability, hunger, food security and poverty alleviation are discussed. Additionally, impacts of probable climate change, research on land productivity and performance of dependable food crops i.e. cassava and pearl millet are discussed.
186p manmanthanhla0201 26-02-2024 7 1 Download
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Ebook "Shaping natural history and settler society: Mary Elizabeth Barber and the Nineteenth-Century cape" explores the life and work of Mary Elizabeth Barber, a British-born settler scientist who lived in the Cape during the nineteenth century. It provides a lens into a range of subjects within the history of knowledge and science, gender and social history, postcolonial, critical heritage and archival studies.
374p manmanthanhla0201 27-02-2024 3 1 Download
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous Australians) represent about 3% of the total Australian population. Major health disparities exist between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians. To address this, it is vital to understand key health priorities and knowledge gaps in the current landscape of clinical trial activity focusing on Indigenous health in Australia.
11p viferrari 28-11-2022 10 2 Download
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In this article, we discuss the medicinal plants in the following key points: usage, parts used, and disease groups used. The data collection methods in this study includes the specimen collection, the interview method, while the identification of the species name, the method of medicinal plant resources diversity assessment and the method of endangered medicinal plants level assessment are employed in this work.
7p vikoenigsegg 26-09-2022 10 5 Download
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For centuries, indigenous knowledge has been used by numerous communities around the world in various fields as mechanisms for survival and development. Some of this traditional knowledge has been conserved and still proves its value in modern life. This paper reports on the application of indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction in Cat Hai Island, Hai Phong District, Vietnam.
8p visherylsandberg 18-05-2022 7 1 Download
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The use of indigenous knowledge (IK) to control gastrointestinal nematodes has been known since ancient times. The objective of the study was to characterise the use of indigenous knowledge to control gastrointestinal nematodes in goats.
10p vidarwin 22-02-2022 7 1 Download
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The article aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on quality education with regard to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4. The authors suggest that heterogeneity and plurality of epistemologies in Sub-Saharan African classrooms are not drawbacks, but important resources with regard to both student learning and sustainable development.
8p lazzaro 30-12-2021 12 0 Download
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Our research shows that indigenous knowledge of ethnic people about traditional medicine in this area is rich and diverse in terms of the conception of sickness, disease, medicine, disease prevention and treatment, eating and drinking under the controlling of nutrition and healing by using the folk remedies.
9p trinhthamhodang1218 18-03-2021 14 4 Download
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Chabbra and Haris (2014) compiled the indigenous knowledge related to climatic parameters, their forecasting during different time periods of a year (Nakshatras) based on experiences of the farmers and comparing indigenous knowledge with modern scientific analysis of weather data and their relationship with wheat and rabi maize yield in Patna, Bihar...
7p cothumenhmong9 18-01-2021 9 1 Download
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The study found that non-traditional forages like tree leaves, shrubs, herbaceous weeds and epiphytic ferns have an important role in feeding of domestic livestock during the lean period in NEH Region. Most of these edible leafy fodders belong to Moraceae, Lauraceae, Fagaceae, Euphorbiacea, Ulmaceae, Verbenaceae and Symploaceae families.
4p cothumenhmong9 18-01-2021 13 2 Download
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In the present scenario, North Eastern States, sleeping giants are the store house of indigenous knowledge base which may be utilized for second green revolution towards sustainable development of the rural areas without hampering the ecological pursuits of the region. The enriched biodiversity and other indigenous knowledge base are still unexplored and not known to others. The horticulture enterprise is one of the important vocations of the north eastern hill region people and their management practices are ancient, indigenous and traditional in nature.
9p cothumenhmong9 04-01-2021 7 1 Download
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Pesticidal residues due to excessive or spurious use of chemicals become one of the curses of modern agriculture. This detrimental effect of chemicals brings the urgent need of ecofriendly and health hazard free sustainable agriculture. Indigenous technological knowledge (ITK) can play an important role in organic agriculture more particularly in pest and disease management of agricultural crops.
10p trinhthamhodang9 16-12-2020 9 1 Download
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There had been cumulative learning from generation to generation among the tribal societies living in close vicinity of the nature. They process and prepare several type of peculiar food and beverage items which are location specific and made with the help of traditional knowledge. Keeping these issues in mind, current study was conducted among the Monpa tribe of Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The sample size of the study comprised of 120 respondents from this tribe.
8p angicungduoc8 07-11-2020 8 1 Download
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This paper is based on a study carried out through interview, Participatory Rural Appraisal and questionnaires for collection of various information on indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) used for long term storage and pest management prevalent among the farmers of Nagaon and Morigaon districts of central Brahmaputra valley zone of Assam.
3p chauchaungayxua8 03-10-2020 12 2 Download
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Indigenous Australians have lower overall cancer survival which has not yet been fully explained. To address this knowledge deficit, we investigated the associations between comorbidities, cancer treatment and survival in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Queensland, Australia.
9p vilisa271 22-09-2020 8 1 Download
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Indigenous technology knowledge (ITK) refers to the exclusive, old-style, local thinking present and developed in and around the explicit situations of men and/or women native to a specific terrestrial area. Lots of indigenous agricultural know-how is available with the farming communities especially in tribal people of Tripura.
16p kethamoi7 26-08-2020 13 1 Download