Cultural Dimension of Development

by Brokensha, David; Warren, D. Michael; Slikkerveer, L. Jan

• ISBN13: 9781853392511
• ISBN10: 1853392510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Practical Action Pub

Summary

Presents overwhelming evidence, from a range of disciplines, that local people do know a great deal about their environment. This knowledge must be taken into account in the planning and implementation of development to be both acceptable and effective. Forty six contributions from anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and agricultural scientists (among others) in academia and international organizations provide both case study material and general conceptual papers. The interdisciplinary approach of this book makes it an essential tool for those studying indigenous knowledge systems.

Table of Contents

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: ILEIA's 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 UNESCO's 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