Cultural Dimension of Development: Indigenous knowledge systems [Pehme köide]

List of abbreviations x Dedication xii Acknowledgments xii Preface xiii Robert Chambers Paul Richards Introduction xv PART I INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS Ethnobotanical Knowledge Systems - A resource for meeting rural development goals 1(12) Janis B. Alcorn Taman Obat Keluarga (TOGA): Indigenous Indonesian medicine for self-reliance 13(22) L. Jan Slikkerveer Mady K.L. Slikkerveer Neem in Niger: A new context for a system of indigenous knowledge 35(36) Edward B. Radcliffe Gregoire Ouedraogo Sonia E. Patten David W. Ragsdale Peter P. Strzok The Lari Soils Project in Peru - A methodology for combining cognitive and behavioural research 71(11) David W. Guillet Louanna Furbee Jon Sandor Robert Benfer Indigenous Soil Classification Systems in Northern Zambia 82(6) Carol Kerven Hilde Dolva Ragnhild Renna Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agroforestry Projects in the Central Hills of Nepal 88(24) Eric P. Rusten Michael A. Gold Indigenous Communication and Indigenous Knowledge 112(12) Paul A. Mundy J. Lin Compton Incorporating Farmers Knowledge in International Rice Research 124(16) Sam Fujisaka PART II INDIGENOUS DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS Raised Beds and Plant Disease Management 140(7) H. David Thurston Joanne M. Parker Indigenous Knowledge and Famine Relief in the Horn of Africa 147(8) Peter J.C. Walker Indigenous Decision-making in Agriculture - A reflection of gender and socioeconomic status in the Philippines 155(19) Virginia D. Nazarea-Sandoval Forest Gardens of Highland Sri Lanka - An indigenous system for reclaiming deforested land 174(11) Yvonne Everett Indigenous Decision-making Systems - A key in understanding structural change in American agriculture 185(17) Robert Zabawa Christina H. Gladwin Indigenous Taxonomies and Decision-making Systems of Rice Farmers in South India 202(9) Bhakthavatsalam Rajasekaran D. Michael Warren Expert Systems for Indigenous Knowledge in Crop Varietal Selection 211(7) Suresh Chandra Babu D. Michael Warren Bhakthavatsalam Rajasekaran Como Se Cura: Patterns of medical choice among working class families in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico 218(13) Michael B. Whiteford PART III INDIGENOUS ORGANISATIONS Local Traditions and Community Forestry Management: A view from Nepal 231(14) Donald A. Messerschmidt Indigenous Systems of Natural Resource Management among Pastoralists of Arid and Semi-arid Africa 245(13) Maryam Niamir A Socioecological Analysis of Balinese Water Temples 258(11) J. Stephen Lansing James N. Kremer Kpelle Farming through Kpelle Eyes 269(17) John Gay Use of Local Knowledge in Managing the Niger River Fisheries Project 286(10) Thomas L. Price PART IV INDIGENOUS EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATIONS Farmers Who Experiment: An untapped resource for agricultural research and development 296(12) Robert Rhoades Anthony Bebbington Phytopractices: Indigenous horticultural approaches to plant cultivation and improvement in tropical regions 308(15) Yildiz Aumeeruddy Farmer Know-how and Communication for Technology Transfer: CTTA in Niger 323(10) Constance M. McCorkle Gail McClure A Trans-local Adaptation of Indigenous Knowledge in Duck Farming in Indonesia 333(7) Patricia J. Vondal Tinker, Tiller, Technical Change: Peoples technology and innovation off the farm 340(8) Matthew Gamser Helen Appleton Using Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Design of On-farm Experiments - A Philippine case 348(6) Clive Lightfoot Taking Farmers Knowledge and Technology Seriously: Upland rice production in the Philippine 354(17) Sam Fujisaka Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Djenne, Mali 371(14) Alison Ayers Using Indigenous Knowledge in a Subsistence Society of Sudan 385(11) Roger W. Sharland Kpelle Steelmaking: An indigenous high technology in Liberia 396(11) Gordon C. Thomasson Survival under Stress: Socioecological perspectives on farmers innovations and risk adjustments 407(12) Anil K. Gupta Transfer of Indigenous Knowledge and Protection of the Agricultural Environment in Eastern Africa 419(7) Kees J. Stigter PART V INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE CIKARD: A global approach to documenting indigenous knowledge for development 426(9) D. Michael Warren Gerard McKiernan LEAD: The Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Programme 435(6) L. Jan Slikkerveer Wim H. J. C. Dechering CIRAN: Networking for indigenous knowledge 441(4) Guus W. Von Liebenstein L. Jan Slikkerveer D. Michael Warren IUCN and Indigenous Peoples: How to promote sustainable development 445(6) Jeffrey A. McNeely International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Rapid Rural Appraisal for Indigenous Sustainable Agriculture 451(3) Jennifer McCracken Agricultural Development with a Focus on Local Resources: ILEIAs view on indigenous knowledge 454(4) Bertus Haverkort The Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and Development (CLADES) - Fostering rural development based on indigenous knowledge 458(6) Miguel A. Altieri Andres Yurjevic Traditional Ecological Knowledge and UNESCOs Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme 464(11) Malcolm Hadley Kathrin Schreckenberg Sustainable Development and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Nigeria: The role of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) 475(4) Adedotun O. Phillips S. Oguntunji Titilola The Regional Program for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge in Asia (REPPIKA) 479(9) Juan M. Flavier Antonio De Jesus Conrado S. Navarro PART VI BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS Ethnoveterinary Medicine and Development - A review of the literature 488(11) Evelyn Mathias-Mundy Constance M. McCorkle Indigenous Knowledge as Reflected in Agriculture and Rural Development 499(6) S. Oguntunji Titilola David Marsden From Ecology through Economics to Ethnoscience: Changing perceptions on natural resource management 505(7) Olivia N. Muchena Eric Vanek INDAKS: A bibliography and database on indigenous agricultural knowledge systems and sustainable development in the tropics 512(5) L. Jan Slikkerveer Bibliography 517(62) Index 579