Appreciating Agrodiversity: A Look at the Dynamism and Diversity of Indigenous Farming Practices

Brookfield, Harold; Padoch, Christine

doi:10.1080/00139157.1994.9929164

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“…Ramakrishnan (1992), Jodha (1998), and Alcorn and Toledo (1998) describe mixed cultivation systems in which some of the species help maintain ecosystem structure and function. For example, milpa and jhum systems, which are two regional variations of shifting cultivation (swidden) systems found throughout world's tropical forests (Brookfield and Padoch 1994), use tools and techniques that support the processes and functions of the agroforest ecosystem.…”

Section: Practices Largely Abandoned By Conventional Resource Managemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management

Berkes

Colding

Folke

2000

Ecological Applications

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Abstract. Indigenous groups offer alternative knowledge and perspectives based on their own locally developed practices of resource use. We surveyed the international literature to focus on the role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in monitoring, responding to, and managing ecosystem processes and functions, with special attention to ecological resilience. Case studies revealed that there exists a diversity of local or traditional practices for ecosystem management. These include multiple species management, resource rotation, succession management, landscape patchiness management, and other ways of responding to and managing pulses and ecological surprises. Social mechanisms behind these traditional practices include a number of adaptations for the generation, accumulation, and transmission of knowledge; the use of local institutions to provide leaders/stewards and rules for social regulation; mechanisms for cultural internalization of traditional practices; and the development of appropriate world views and cultural values. Some traditional knowledge and management systems were characterized by the use of local ecological knowledge to interpret and respond to feedbacks from the environment to guide the direction of resource management. These traditional systems had certain similarities to adaptive management with its emphasis on feedback learning, and its treatment of uncertainty and unpredictability intrinsic to all ecosystems.

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Section: Practices Largely Abandoned By Conventional Resource Managemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management

Berkes

Colding

Folke

2000

Ecological Applications

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“…Thus, much of the increased agricultural production in SubSaharan Africa has been achieved through expansion in cultivated area. According to the FAO, Africa's arable land expanded by 14 The knowledge that the Marka possess about rice and its cultivation is secret and has been developed over a long period of time. It is a means of maintaining a specific ethnic identity.…”

Section: African Traditional Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Conservation of Traditional Agriculture as Living Knowledge Systems, Not Cultural Relics

Daniel

Roth

2016

Journal of Resources and Ecology

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“…Most have less power, money and formal education than members of the dominant society. 23 The Dayak systems include useful knowledge about their environment and indigenous forest management practices which are often under-valued and misunderstood by outsiders (see e.g., Brookfield and Padoch 1994;Colfer with Peluso and Chin 1997). They also normally have some, varying, commitment to maintaining their forested environment and way of life.…”

Section: A -Pt Kiani Lestari Timber Concession In East Kalimantan mentioning

confidence: 99%