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Research on indigenous knowledge and its application: A case of wild food plants of Zimbabwe
2005, Southern African Journal of Environmental Education
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Indigenous Knowledge (IK) is knowledge which has been developed and accumulated over time by a community and has been passed down over generations. It is represented in most spheres of human activity: in agriculture, traditional and alternative medicine, human and animal health, forestry and botany. This article discusses how Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge (IAK) is accessed and used by agricultural researchers and extension workers in Zimbabwe. We review the relevant literature, largely focused on IAK, to support a case study in Zimbabwe that responds to the following four research questions: What is the importance of IAK to agricultural research and extension in Zimbabwe? How frequent is IAK utilised? What are the sources of IAK and what are the types of IAK in use in the country? We conclude that IK is relevant in modern day agriculture and should be given sufficient attention in general and by researchers and extension workers. We conclude that the 102 Innovation, No.44, June ...
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This chapter focused on the agricultural Indigenous knowledge systems (AIKS) used in Zimbabwe with specific reference to Gutu rural district. The study relied on qualitative methodology while data was collected using key informant interviews and documentary searches. The study findings indicated that a number of AIKS systems are used in the Gutu rural district. These include pest and disease management, food/grain storage and preservation, soil fertility management, and weather prediction. This study also identified several challenges associated with the documentation of AIKS, and among others include methodology, access, intellectual property rights, and the media and formats in which to preserve knowledge. The chapter concludes that Indigenous knowledge is in danger of disappearing because of global changes, and the capacity and facilities needed to document, evaluate, validate, protect, and disseminate such knowledge are lacking in most developing countries such as Zimbabwe.
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Pindai Sithole
This study explored the indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in the Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe and how they are used in crop management and grain storage. Also examined were the effects of IKS use on community food security and integrity of the environment. A qualitative interpretative research design was employed through the use of detailed in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with traditional leaders and community elders. The choice for these groups of people was informed by the general belief that they are often regarded in the community as a reservoir of indigenous knowledge systems. Phenomenological underpinnings anchored the study because it was vital to bring to the fore the various related IKS phenomena and links to food security and environmental management in the community. A socio-ecological lens was used to establish links and interrelations of factors that contribute to food security and environmental management. Major findings include that ashes and leav...
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This paper endeavors to situate the process of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in the wider context of development. The paper grapples with how IKS are conceptualized as they pertain to conservation of resources particularly small grains at community level. The paper’s main concern is an analysis of small grains seed situation in Sangwe where the researchers find pleasure in getting readers to know the various small grains that are found in the area. What also come to light in this paper are the climatic conditions that are suitable for the growing of these small grains seeds.
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In this short contribution the author, a Masters in Environmental Education student, introduces his research into a rural community's knowledge about, attitudes towards and extensive use of plants which grow wild in their locality, with specific reference to their diet. Taking an ethnographic approach to the study of people's relationships with plants, Shava spent a number of weeks in a village in Peddie, South Africa. Here he learned that some young people still know much about wild plants and their uses, but that these plants are playing a decreasing role in their diets. He attributes the growing negative attitudes towards wild plants to modernisation, the non-supportive role of formal education, and advertising which encouraged people to rely on store-bought foods. Environmental educators should consider paying greater attention to the role of "wild" foods in the diet. Such attention can contribute not only to the conservation of biodiversity, but also to greate...
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A New Approach to Knowledge-Sharing Within Organizations
- Martin Reeves,
- Jack Fuller,
“Evolvable scripts” are brief instruction sets that are easy to understand and remember, and allow room for employees to adapt to specific and changing needs.
There are significant trade-offs inherent in traditional knowledge-sharing tools and mechanisms, such as operating manuals or trainings. The more comprehensive the instructions, the less likely that they’ll be absorbed and understood by employees. The more precise the instructions, the less they allow for customization or employee initiative. And the more rigid the instructions, the less they can evolve as circumstances change. The authors instead propose an approach they call an “evolvable script” — a concise, modular instruction set outlining the purpose of a task alongside the most critical actions for accomplishing it. By focusing only on the essential actions, it allows for easy absorption and daily use. Moreover, it leaves room for employee discretion in how exactly to carry out tasks, enabling workers to tailor their approach to the situation at hand or try out new variations. These interpretations can be easily reviewed, alongside their outcomes, to evolve the script over time to reflect new circumstances and learnings.
Sharing knowledge about how things are to be done is a crucial capability for corporations, as they try to ensure quality and consistency in the face of constant pressure from competitors. Startups may get by relying on team members observing and learning from one another, but in any medium-sized or large corporation, structural and geographical separation, a wide array of tasks and functions, and constant employee turnover and movement make this knowledge transfer a perpetual challenge .
- Martin Reeves is the chairman of Boston Consulting Group’s BCG Henderson Institute. He is a coauthor, with Jack Fuller, of The Imagination Machine (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021) and a coauthor, with Bob Goodson, of Like: The Button That Changed the World (Harvard Business Review Press, April 2025).
- Jack Fuller is a project manager at the BCG Henderson Institute. He is a Rhodes Scholar with a background in neuroscience and philosophical theology. He can be reached at [email protected] .
- AJ Adam Job is the director of the Strategy Lab at the BCG Henderson Institute.
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1 THESIS INTRODUCTION Traditional knowledge (TK) is essentially culturally oriented and it is integral to the cultural identity of the social group in which it is operated and preserved.1 TK has been used for centuries by indigenous and local communities under the local laws, customs and traditions.
II. General Issues Relating to the Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore. 1. Definitions. Traditional knowledge is a very broad term referring to various knowl-edge systems, encompassing a variety of areas, held by traditional communities or to knowledge acquired in a non-systematic way.
PDF | On Aug 1, 2015, Aritra Ghosh published Traditional Knowledge: Problems and Prospects | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
homogenization; and traditional food knowledge is no exception. The distinct expressions of taste and place are facing a continuity gap when traditional food knowledge is not passed forward, but rather sidelined as an abstract, historical concept. This study takes a qualitative case study approach exploring the concept of traditional food ...
ABSTRACT. This article examines the legal complexity concerning protection of traditional knowledge (TK) held by Indigenous Peoples. Despite the significance of this knowledge, particularly concerning environmental conservation, biodiversity management, bioresources, and ecosystem management in connection with the traditional lands on which Indigenous Peoples live, current legal frameworks ...
Indigenous traditional knowledge system consists of an integrated body of knowledge system which tends to focus on different aspects of agricultural sciences i.e. agriculture, home science, animal ...
Traditional knowledge in policy and practice: Approaches to development and human well-being, Subramanian and Pisupati (eds), United Nations University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-92-808-1191-9 Introduction Suneetha M. Subramanian and Balakrishna Pisupati
preservation and transmission of knowledge. It documents traditional songs and analyzes the extent to which musical texts express, preserve, and transmit knowledge and suggest steps that will promote the awareness and use of indigenous knowledge and values, and their harmonization with modern culture.
Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, Theoretical Overview. Traditional Knowledge: Traditional knowledge is the knowledge, Traditional Knowledge (TK) is an innovations and practices of indigenous and integral part of the culture and history of a local local communities around the world. Developed community.
Source: Kaur, PhD Thesis, 1999 [31] 7 Pandey et al.; AJAEES, 15(3): 1-9, 2017; Article no.AJAEES.31481 6. CONCLUSION TIONS AND RECOMMENDA- It can be concluded that traditional knowledge is vital for the well-being and for sustainable development as it has evolved after thousands of years of observation and experience.
form of stories, songs, folklore, proverbs, cultural values, beliefs, rituals, community laws, local language, and agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and. animal ...
Traditional Knowledge - A Toolkit. This is a publication of WIPO's Traditional Knowledge Division. The lead author was Begoña Venero Aguirre, with support and comments from Wend Wendland, Fei Jiao, Kiri Toki and Shakeel Bhatti. It was edited by Toby Boyd.
THESIS. FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE. TRANSMISSION IN SAMBURU, KENYA: RESEARCH AND REVITALIZATION. Submitted by. Jon S. Trimarco. Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. In partial fulfillment of the requirements. For the Degree of Master of Science.
Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property. The current international system for protecting in-tellectual property was fashioned during the age of enlightenment and industrialization and developed subsequently in line with the perceived needs of technologically advanced societies. However, in re-cent years, indigenous peoples, local ...
TRIPS-related Aspects of Traditional Knowledge. Graham Dutfield. 2001, Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. This Article describes how the mainstreaming of TK as a TRIPS-related issue was achieved and explains why so much effort was made to achieve it. In addition, this Article shows how developing countries' use of TK as an issue is likely to influence ...
on traditional knowledge include agricultural and non-wood forest products as well as handicrafts. 5.2 Biopiracy Traditional knowledge has always been an easily accessible treasure and thus has been susceptible to misappropriation. The traditional knowledge, particularly, related to the treatment of various diseases has
Keeping of egg shells in different places, hanging garlic cloves. Keeping cot in the sun, washing them in boiling water. Soaked mustard cake, jaggery and salt. Green fodder with strained wheat husk Mixture consisting of wheat, mustard cake, taramira cake, halon, metha, fennal and Trachyspermum ammi (ajwain) as supplement to fodder.
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It includes a system of classification, a set of empirical observations about the local environment, and a system of self-management that governs resource use. Ecological aspects are closely tied to social and spiritual aspects of the knowledge system. The quantity and quality of TEK varies among community members, depending upon gender, age ...
Protection of Traditional Knowledge I. Introduction Chapter 1 described the extent to which the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol laid down new rules concerning access and benefit sharing (ABS) over, inter alia, TK associated with genetic resources. Article 7 of the Protocol requires that access
Below, I look into some possibilities for the inclusion of local knowledge on indigenous food plants within subject areas within the Zimbabwean formal school curricula. Food and nutrition. The traditional diet can be discussed, with reference to indigenous food plants. Traditional dishes can be prepared and methods of preparation studied.
6.Traditional Knowledge and Modern Farming Practices: In India, there is growing interest in combining ancient knowledge with contemporary farming techniques. Traditional knowledge can be used to improve the efficiency of contemporary agricultural technologies as well as offer important insights into sustainable agricultural practises.
There are significant trade-offs inherent in traditional knowledge-sharing tools and mechanisms, such as operating manuals or trainings. The more comprehensive the instructions, the less likely ...
The need to protect the traditional knowledge captured the attention of the international community only recently but the standard setting was left to the national governments.India an abundant ...
Our contributions in this thesis are fourfold. First, we produce a dataset for psychological distress detection, as well as emotion-infused models that incorporate emotion detection for this task. Second, we present multitask and commonsense-infused models for joint emotion detection and emotion cause extraction, showing increased performance ...