When we talk about agriculture, indigenous knowledge has been practice before coming up of modern technology/science. Indigenous knowledge is a product of the adaptation of farming practices to the local Environment, creating unique indigenous farming practices and food culture.
So Indigenous knowledge is the local knowledge that is unique to a culture or society. Other names for it include: ‘local knowledge’, ‘folk knowledge’, ‘people’s knowledge’, ‘traditional wisdom’ or ‘traditional science’. This knowledge is passed from generation to generation, usually by word of mouth and cultural rituals, and has been the basis for agriculture, food preparation, health care, education, conservation and the wide range of other activities that sustain societies in many parts of the world. …show more content…
There is abundant evidence which suggest that folk society’s practices promote sustainable use of biological resources and conservation of nature.
A civilized body has so many things to be learnt from indigenous knowledge system of a nature bound community, especially at this high time when this planet has severely suffered from so many problems like pollution, global warming, loss of biodiversity, war and economic crises, increasing economic diversity and subsequent fuel and food crises and at the end, use of genetically modified food, bio-piracy, etc
Sustainable food production system is the key to sustainable development especially for hill communities where agriculture is the mainstay of economy. History shows that human societies that can protect their livelihood-based natural resources are able to sustain themselves.
So even today we find several indigenous communities obtaining sustained and adequate income/returns from their agriculture because of sustainability inbuilt in it. Besides production
So Indigenous knowledge is the local knowledge that is unique to a culture or society. Other names for it include: ‘local knowledge’, ‘folk knowledge’, ‘people’s knowledge’, ‘traditional wisdom’ or ‘traditional science’. This knowledge is passed from generation to generation, usually by word of mouth and cultural rituals, and has been the basis for agriculture, food preparation, health care, education, conservation and the wide range of other activities that sustain societies in many parts of the world. …show more content…
There is abundant evidence which suggest that folk society’s practices promote sustainable use of biological resources and conservation of nature.
A civilized body has so many things to be learnt from indigenous knowledge system of a nature bound community, especially at this high time when this planet has severely suffered from so many problems like pollution, global warming, loss of biodiversity, war and economic crises, increasing economic diversity and subsequent fuel and food crises and at the end, use of genetically modified food, bio-piracy, etc
Sustainable food production system is the key to sustainable development especially for hill communities where agriculture is the mainstay of economy. History shows that human societies that can protect their livelihood-based natural resources are able to sustain themselves.
So even today we find several indigenous communities obtaining sustained and adequate income/returns from their agriculture because of sustainability inbuilt in it. Besides production