Farmer and scientific knowledge of soil quality: a social ecological soil systems approach

Bicalho, Ana Maria de Souza Mello; Peixoto, R. T. dos G.

doi:10.4000/belgeo.20069

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“…To cite an example, a scientist can study a particular soil parameter (e.g. pH, nutrient content) based on its impacts on plant growth [37]. Since the past decades, however, there has been an increasing shift to more holistic and integrative soil quality assessment approaches for more effective land management and sustainability [38].…”

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Comparing Indigenous Soil Quality Knowledge Systems and Scientific Soil Assessment in a Traditional Upland Rice-based Agroecosystem in Southern Philippines

Zapico,

Dizon,

Fernando

2024

JEEAR

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Like traditional agroecosystems worldwide, the Sarangani upland agroecosystem in Southern Philippines is presently under threat from myriad pressures such as environmental destruction, bio-cultural erosion, and agricultural modernization. In these marginal areas, farmland degradation is particularly devastating because of its implications for food security and the long-term survival of ethnic communities. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study revealed a significant linkage between farmers’ soil quality knowledge systems (SQKS) and scientific soil fertility assessments despite their holistic and reductionist natures, respectively. Furthermore, both SQKS and scientific soil knowledge ascribed diminishing soil quality in the Sarangani uplands to unregulated resource extraction, natural calamities, hillside cultivation without soil conservation measures and the inherent vulnerabilities of the upland landscape. These results warrant a closer examination of SQKS and their utilization along with technical soil knowledge systems to craft a comprehensive soil management strategy specifically tailored to the conditions in the Sarangani uplands. Finally, while the study underscored close relationships between local soil assessment and scientific assessment paradigms, more comprehensive studies need to be undertaken before their integration into diverse and complex farming systems such as the Sarangani uplands.

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Comparing Indigenous Soil Quality Knowledge Systems and Scientific Soil Assessment in a Traditional Upland Rice-based Agroecosystem in Southern Philippines

Zapico,

Dizon,

Fernando

2024

JEEAR

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“…The challenge in bridging farmer and scientific knowledge arises from their intrinsically different natures: science attempts to deal with universal and general knowledge, whereas local realities are complex and heterogeneous (Bicalho & Peixoto, 2016). Despite the progress that has been made in the past decades to assess soil quality through various methods of remote sensing (Angelopoulou et al, 2019;Vrieling, 2006;Yiming et al, 2018), modelling (Borrelli et al, 2018;Krasa et al, 2019) as well as the amount of official data publicly available, we still need to bridge the gap between the scientific knowledge and the end user -farmers.…”

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Farmers' perception of soil health: The use of quality data and its implication for farm management

Falcão,

Vrana,

Hudek

et al. 2024

Soil Use and Management

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Preventing and reversing soil degradation is essential to maintaining the ecosystem services provided by soils and guaranteeing food security. In addition to the scientific community, it is critical to engage multiple stakeholders to assess the degree of soil degradation and mitigation strategies' impact and meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, European Union's Common Agricultural Policy, and other national and international goals. A semi‐structured questionnaire was distributed across countries participating in the EU Horizon‐2020 “Transforming Unsustainable management of soils in key agricultural systems in E.U. and China. Developing an integrated platform of alternatives to reverse soil degradation (TUdi).” Using farmers' associations and educational institutions as an intermediate to distribute the questionnaires was an effective strategy for gathering a high number of responses. Results from 456 responses to the questionnaire showed that farm country, size, type of agriculture, and educational level of farm managers were significantly associated with the farmers' perception of soil degradation issues. Farm size and type of agriculture were also correlated with applying a nutrient management plan. The implications of the results for soil conservation measures are discussed. Additionally, we highlight the potential of projects such as TUdi for creating collaboration networks to drive widespread adoption by farmers of technologies to reverse the degradation of agricultural soils.

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“…According to Amoah and Adoah (2018), local ecological knowledge influences good environmental management. The sustainability of agricultural land is strongly influenced by soil management, especially in maintaining soil quality (Bicalho & Peixoto, 2016), which can be measured by the level of soil density (Lal, 2016), earthworm density, and diversity (Mardiani et al, 2022), soil organic carbon content and soil carbon biomass (Bautista-Cruz et al, 2017).…”

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Land Management and Soil Quality in Sago-Based Agroforestry System: A Study on Mooi Tribe’s Ecological Knowledge (Sorong, Southwest Papua) and Modern Ecological Knowledge (MEK)

Wulandari,

Hairiah,

Prayogo

2023

J. appl. agricultural sci. technol.

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Sago farmers from the Mooi tribe in Sorong Regency - Southwest Papua have consumed and cultivated sago for generations. This research aims to understand the local ecological knowledge (LEK) of sago farmers in managing their land to maintain soil quality in sago agroforestry, compared with modern/scientific environmental understanding. The survey was conducted from February to October 2021 in three sub-districts, Sorong Regency, using an exploratory descriptive method among Mooi sago farmers. Intact soil samples were taken to measure soil physical properties and disturbed soil samples to analyze soil chemical properties (pH, C-Organic, Total N, P, K, CEC, base saturation). The results of this research show that what sago farmers have in common with the unique habits of the Mooi tribe's harvest system is that they harvest enough sago starch to consume or sell if there is too much of it. According to sago farmers, the best land for growing sago is close to a water source and is not affected by soil biota and fertilization. and sago farmers will leave ella sago dregs on the land. Meanwhile, according to MEK, starch formation decreases in flooded land and the remaining sago dregs are very good for making compost and animal feed. In sago forests where sago grows naturally, the soil texture is dominated by silt, having a pH of 5.8-7.2; High total organic C 2.8-5.2%, P 14.08-66.44 mg/kg, K 755.3 – 1626.8 mg/kg, CEC 18-40 cmol(+)/kg, and base saturation 30 – 134%. These values are relatively higher than on land with a sago-based agroforestry system.

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Farmer and scientific knowledge of soil quality: a social ecological soil systems approach

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

Comparing Indigenous Soil Quality Knowledge Systems and Scientific Soil Assessment in a Traditional Upland Rice-based Agroecosystem in Southern Philippines

Comparing Indigenous Soil Quality Knowledge Systems and Scientific Soil Assessment in a Traditional Upland Rice-based Agroecosystem in Southern Philippines

Farmers' perception of soil health: The use of quality data and its implication for farm management

Land Management and Soil Quality in Sago-Based Agroforestry System: A Study on Mooi Tribe’s Ecological Knowledge (Sorong, Southwest Papua) and Modern Ecological Knowledge (MEK)

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