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Intellectual Property Rights, Legislated Protection, Sui Generis Models and Ethical Access in the Transformation of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge [PDF]
, 2006 This dissertation arises out of deep concerns over how Indigenous Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge should be ethically accessed and used and reviews existing mechanisms of protection. It focuses on how Indigenous Intellectual Property and
Young-Ing, Greg
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Indigenous culture as a knowledge system
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018 Complex concepts such as cultural identity, gender issues and the effects of colonialism, politics, and power structures on societies form part of the debate around indigenous culture as a knowledge system. This article makes a contribution to the debate by addressing cultural issues encountered during a cross-cultural research project based in India ...
Hester du Plessis, Gauhar Raza
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Drought Stress Mediated Changes in Food Crops: Mechanisms and Remediation Strategies
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This work presents a multi‐scale framework for flavonoid‐mediated drought tolerance in staple food crops, integrating ROS redox regulation, antioxidant defense, rhizosphere microbial interactions, and sustainable agronomic practices. This interdisciplinary model provides core insights to develop climate‐resilient cropping systems and enhance global ...
Xiaoyi Duan +5 more
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Burkina Faso - Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Rainfall Forecasting
, 2001 This case study describes how farmers in Bonam, a village in rural Burkina Faso, predict seasonal rainfall, and, examines how their forecasts relate to scientific ones. The research shows that farmers are used to
Roncoli, Carla +3 more
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Indigenous Pedagogies: Land, Water, and Kinship
Occasional Paper Series, 2023 Indigenous communities, across lands and waters, engage in and build complex knowledge systems emergent from particular values and ways of perceiving and being in the world (Cajete, 1994; Deloria & Wildcat, 2001).
Anna Lees, Megan Bang
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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, 2004 This paper reports some methods found useful for identifying when learning has taken place and the contribution that learning made to the development of subsequent learning plans for farmers.
Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge +1 more
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Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineBackground Pests and diseases are a major contributor to yield losses in sub-Saharan Africa, prompting smallholder farmers to seek cost-effective, accessible and ecologically friendly alternatives for crop protection.
Kutullo N. Shai +3 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Overview of Australian Indigenous health status 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 This Overview of Australian Indigenous health status provides information about: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations; the context of Indigenous health; various measures of population health status; selected health conditions; and health ...
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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