Ethnopedology in the Study of Toponyms Connected to the Indigenous Knowledge on Soil Resource [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 In taking an integrated ethnopedological approach, this study aims to investigate the meaning of the distribution of the toponyms used in traditional and recent cartography of Sardinia (southern Italy).
Gian Franco Capra +2 more
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Ethnopedology, its evolution and perspectives in soil security: A review
Soil Security, 2023 This review examines how Ethnopedology has developed over the last 23 years. It considers its role in soil security and knowledge co-production. Due to its constant interaction with the surrounding environment, indigenous or peasant soil knowledge is ...
CARLOS Alberto Ortiz-Solorio +1 more
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Ethnopedology in production units at Canto da Ilha de Cima, São Miguel do Gostoso-RN, Brazil
Bioscience Journal, 2020 Ethnopedological studies in family units tend to contribute to the academy with respect to the importance of knowledge exchange, allowing the understanding on the local reality of a community.
Marialdo Santana da Cunha +7 more
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The first report on the medicinal use of fossils in latin america. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012 There have been very few ethnopharmacological studies performed on the traditional use of fossil species, although a few records have been conducted in Asia, Africa, and Europe. This study is the first ever to be performed on the use of Testudine (turtle) fossils for folk medicine in Latin America.
Moura GJ, Albuquerque UP.
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Journal of Ethnobiology, 2023 Local knowledge of horticultural soils was analysed from an ethnobiological perspective in a rural population of arid Patagonian, in order to gain a deeper understanding of how the farmers classify, use and value the soil.
D. Morales, S. Molares, A. Ladio
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Classification and Use of Natural and Anthropogenic Soils by Indigenous Communities of the Upper Amazon Region of Colombia. [PDF]
Hum Ecol Interdiscip J, 2016 Outsiders often oversimplify Amazon soil use by assuming that abundantly available natural soils are poorly suited to agriculture and that sporadic anthropogenic soils are agriculturally productive.
Peña-Venegas CP +4 more
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Locating farmer-based knowledge and vested interests in natural resource management: the interface of ethnopedology, land tenure and gender in soil erosion management in the Manupali watershed, Philippines [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2007 This paper examines local soil knowledge and management in the Manupali watershed in the Philippines. The study focuses on soil erosion and its control.
Price Lisa
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Indigenous farming methods and crop management practices used by local farmers in Madibeng local municipality, South Africa [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study investigated indigenous farming methods, practices, and crop management strategies used by farmers in local communities within the North West Province, South Africa.
Thembeni A. Khumalo +4 more
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LandEthnopedology offers a unique opportunity to recognize and highlight invaluable local soil knowledge (LSK). We aimed to classify three soil profiles in a Brazilian irrigated district with salt-affected soils based on smallholder farmers’ LSK and ...
Jucirema Ferreira da Silva +9 more
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Ethnopedology of a Quilombola Community in Minas Gerais: Soils, Landscape, and Land Evaluation
Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo, 2017 Quilombolas are Afro-brazilian rural peasants who descended from escaped slaves who tried to carve out territories of autonomy (called Quilombos) by collective organization and resistance. Despite many anthropological and ethnopedological studies, little
CARLOS Ernesto G R Schaefer +1 more
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