Ancestral Knowledge in Agri-Allied Science

Ratan Kumar Saha, Dilip Nath and Himadri Saha

ISBN 10: 9383305215 / ISBN 13: 9789383305216

Published by New India Publishing Agency, 2014

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Contents: 1. An overview of indigenous technical knowledge in relation to agri-allied sector/R.K. Saha, D. Nath and H. Saha. 2. Basic concept of indigenous knowledge and it's protection in India/Ajit Kumar Roy. 3. Traditional ecological knowledge: an important pillar in fisheries resource management/Biswarup Saha, Tanmay Samajdar and P.K. Pal. 4. Indigenous technical knowledge for the management of major pests of field crops in North East India/D.M. Firake, P.D. Firake, G.T. Behere, N.S. Azad Thakur and Dilip Nath. 5. Traditional practices for the management of major pests of horticulturl crops and stored produce in North East India/D.M. Firake, P.D. Firake, G.T. Behere, N.S. Azad Thakur and D. Nath. 6. Indigenous Pest Management Practices in North East India - An Overview/Arunava Samanta, Archan Kanti Das and Sandip Patra. 7. Notes on the Entho-Veterinary Practices Used for Treatment of Different Ailments in Tripura State, India/Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee, J. Majumder, R. Lodh and B.K. Agarwala. 8. Indigenous traditional knowledge associated with fermented fish products of North East India/A.U. Muzaddadi. 9. Traditional ethnic jewellery of Kashmiri Fisherwomen/Rizwana, T.H. Bhat, M.H. Balkhi and Poonam Sharma. 10. Documentation of ethno-entomophage practices in ethnic communities of Manipur, North East India/T. Shantibala, R.K. Lokeshwari, B.K. Aggarwala and Gusheinzed Waikhom … Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge of the indigenous people inhabiting different geographical regions of the world with their own language, culture, tradition, belief, folklore, rites and rituals. Indigenous knowledge so developed is based on necessities, instinct, curiosity and observations of ethnic groups to mitigate the immediate situations. Eventually, this local knowledge in course of time gets socially accepted and validated which finally inters into the social life and subsequently become the Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) of the society as a whole. As such, scientist in this knowledge base economy who are in research of new ideas and innovations expect that indigenous knowledge may hold significant message which may be of use to remedy the deficiencies in modern agricultural and environment related issues. There is a need for studying and documenting traditional knowledge in different ecological and cultural environments. Several researchers are working on ITK in different fields of agriculture and allied sectors. There is a demand for a standard book on the overview of ITK. This book is designed in such a way that will give an overview of ITK, the differences between Science & ITK, different tools and techniques used in ITK, classification, importance and utilization of ITK, and recent ongoing researches on ITK in different parts of India. The objective of this book is to encourage the study of ethnic knowledge in different field of agriculture and allied sector. It is also an attempt to circulate amongst a larger group of readers regarding the importance of indigenous knowledge in scientific world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancestral Knowledge in Agri-Allied Science
• Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9383305215
• ISBN 13: 9789383305216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge of the indigenous people inhabiting different geographical regions of the world with their own language, culture, tradition, belief, folklore, rites and rituals. Indigenous knowledge so developed is based on necessities, instinct, curiosity and observations of ethnic groups to mitigate the immediate situations. Eventually, this local knowledge in course of time gets socially accepted and validated which finally inters into the social life and subsequently become the Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) of the society as a whole. As such, scientist in this knowledge base economy who are in research of new ideas and innovations expect that indigenous knowledge may hold significant message which may be of use to remedy the deficiencies in modern agricultural and environment related issues. There is a need for studying and documenting traditional knowledge in different ecological and cultural environments. Several researchers are working on ITK in different fields of agriculture and allied sectors. There is a demand for a standard book on the overview of ITK. This book is designed in such a way that will give an overview of ITK, the differences between Science & ITK, different tools and techniques used in ITK, classification, importance & utilization of ITK, and recent ongoing researches on ITK in different parts of India. The objective of this book is to encourage the study of ethnic knowledge in different field of agriculture and allied sector. It is also an attempt to circulate amongst a larger group of readers regarding the importance of indigenous knowledge in scientific world. This book will, perhaps, be well received in all the Agricultural Universities, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries University, State Govt. Agri-allied Departments, Private and Public Sector Institutions where training, teaching, research and extension of agri-allied sector is undertaken.