by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Agroecology, Agroforestry, Articles
Sabirin and Hamdan North Sumatra is a province in the Indonesian archipelago. Its tropical rain forest has a rich natural biodiversity to which traditional swidden agriculture has contributed a rich agro-biodiversity. However, this richness is steadily being replaced... by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Agroecology, Agroforestry, Articles
Agriculture for ages was a means for the sustenance of the family and the local community provided services like blacksmith, mason, carpenter, washerman, tailer, cobbler etc. Livestock always supported the farmer by providing draught animals for cultivation and... by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Agroecology, Agroforestry, Articles
Dennis P. Garrity and Chun K. Lai In Asia and other tropical regions shifting cultivation, characterised by the sequential rotation of forest vegetation and cultivated food crops, was the first form of agroforestry to be widely practised. Shifting cultivators normally... by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Agroecology, Articles
Delbert Rice The Ikalahan (Kalanguya) inhabit the upper, forested regions of the Cordillera and Caraballo Mountains of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. Traditionally they are shifting cultivators, primarily focused on the staple food crop obi (sweet potato Ipomoea... by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Agroecology, Articles
A.V. Balasubramanian, K. Vijayalakshmi, Subhashini Sridhar and S. Arumugasamy The unique feature of traditional knowledge in India is that it is manifested in different ways. There are many living folk practices related to agriculture and health. Knowledge on these... by Rukmini | Jul 10, 2000 | Articles, Education, Farmer Innovations
Dr. Prakash T.N.and Dr. Tejaswini Presents the experiences of documenting farmer innovations, indigenous knowledge and technologies and disseminationg them through a newsletter, Hittalgida in local vernacular in Karnataka. Majority of the farmers in the dryland...