Using Indigenous Knowledge to Raise Agricultural Productivity : An Example from India
The note examines the transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and from country to country, through trading ties, and social interactions which has raised knowledge sharing activities within Africa, and elsewhere. Such activities have...
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okr-10986-107932021-06-14T10:56:10Z Using Indigenous Knowledge to Raise Agricultural Productivity : An Example from India Prakash, Siddhartha ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ARABLE LAND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS COMPOST CROP CROPPING CROPPING INTENSITY CROPPING SYSTEMS CROPS DISEASES DRAINAGE DRIP IRRIGATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC IMPACT EFFECTIVE USE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EXTENSION FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZERS FISHING FLOUR FOOD GRAINS HORTICULTURE HOUSING INCOMES INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION IRRI LANDS NGOS NUTRIENTS OIL PADDY PEST CONTROL PESTICIDES PESTS PLANT HEALTH PLANTING POOR FARMERS POULTRY PROGRAMS RECLAMATION RICE RICE HUSKS SAVINGS SINGLE CROP SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SOWING SUGAR SUGAR CANE TRAINED FARMERS VEGETABLES VEGETATION WHEAT YIELDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE CASE STUDIES SODIC SOILS TRADITIONAL FARMING SOIL MANAGEMENT CROPPING PATTERNS GREEN MANURES CROP ROTATION COMPOSTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FARMERS EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE SHARING WOMEN'S EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT The note examines the transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and from country to country, through trading ties, and social interactions which has raised knowledge sharing activities within Africa, and elsewhere. Such activities have reinforced the universality of indigenous knowledge, and, despite geographical differences, the note looks at the Sodic Lands Reclamation Project in India, as a good example of integration of traditional knowledge into Bank-supported operations. The first challenge the project presented was the treatment of high build-up of salts in the fields, with high concentrations of exchangeable sodium in which finer soil particles are dispersed, but where water and air cannot penetrate. These sodic soils are toxic to plants, and adversely affect agriculture, human, and plant health. The application of traditional knowledge, i.e., spreading gypsum, building bunds, leaching the soil, starting multi-cropping, green manuring and crop rotation, as well as using compost and plowing the land, maintained a continuous ground cover, through intensive cropping, which protected the soils from a return of surface salts. The result was a substantive reduction in the damage caused by brown plant hoppers from 49 percent down to 2 percent. This was conducive to innovative strategies, drawing upon indigenous resources, and knowledge about agricultural practices, practices institutionalized by the formation of a Farmers Field School, community participation in irrigation, and training provided to women through the farmers school in agricultural practices. 2012-08-13T13:08:16Z 2012-08-13T13:08:16Z 2002-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2005720/using-indigenous-knowledge-raise-agricultural-productivity-example-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10793 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 45 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia India |
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The note examines the transfer of
knowledge from one generation to the next, and from country
to country, through trading ties, and social interactions
which has raised knowledge sharing activities within Africa,
and elsewhere. Such activities have reinforced the
universality of indigenous knowledge, and, despite
geographical differences, the note looks at the Sodic Lands
Reclamation Project in India, as a good example of
integration of traditional knowledge into Bank-supported
operations. The first challenge the project presented was
the treatment of high build-up of salts in the fields, with
high concentrations of exchangeable sodium in which finer
soil particles are dispersed, but where water and air cannot
penetrate. These sodic soils are toxic to plants, and
adversely affect agriculture, human, and plant health. The
application of traditional knowledge, i.e., spreading
gypsum, building bunds, leaching the soil, starting
multi-cropping, green manuring and crop rotation, as well as
using compost and plowing the land, maintained a continuous
ground cover, through intensive cropping, which protected
the soils from a return of surface salts. The result was a
substantive reduction in the damage caused by brown plant
hoppers from 49 percent down to 2 percent. This was
conducive to innovative strategies, drawing upon indigenous
resources, and knowledge about agricultural practices,
practices institutionalized by the formation of a Farmers
Field School, community participation in irrigation, and
training provided to women through the farmers school in
agricultural practices. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Prakash, Siddhartha |
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Prakash, Siddhartha |
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Prakash, Siddhartha |
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Using Indigenous Knowledge to Raise Agricultural Productivity : An Example from India |
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Using Indigenous Knowledge to Raise Agricultural Productivity : An Example from India |
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Using Indigenous Knowledge to Raise Agricultural Productivity : An Example from India |
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Using Indigenous Knowledge to Raise Agricultural Productivity : An Example from India |
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Using Indigenous Knowledge to Raise Agricultural Productivity : An Example from India |
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using indigenous knowledge to raise agricultural productivity : an example from india |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2005720/using-indigenous-knowledge-raise-agricultural-productivity-example-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10793 |
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