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An Indigenous Academic Perspective to Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Knowledge and Traditions: A Fiji Case Study
2017
Author(s): Ali W
While maintaining the importance of preserving the originality of the Indigenous cultural identity and practices, the paper highlights how the infusion of the cultures of the Indigenous people and that of the Indo-Fijians, who have co-existed together for over 100 years, has shaped the unique multicultural landscape in Fiji.
Journal of Law and Rural Development
2017
Publisher/Organisation: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The Journal of Law and Rural Development provides a forum where the link between law and rural development can be explored.
Agro-ecological farming systems are increasingly seen to have the potential to meet the triple challenges of productivity, sustainability and poverty eradication. Food Chain is an international journal for all those involved in developing the supply of high-quality foods from ‘farm gate to plate’ and those who use food processing to alleviate poverty and hunger.
Collective intelligence to solve complex health challenges facing Indigenous peoples: organ donation and transplantation
2023
Author(s): Taitht CL, Moser MAJ, McKinney V, Kappel J, Henry R
The collective intelligence of Indigenous peoples regarding end-stage organ failure and organ donation and transplantation is central to improving patient experiences, increasing the number of Indigenous organ donors and recipients, and finding pathways for advancing healthcare reforms that prevent and treat end-stage organ failure.
The Evolution of a Partnership-Based Breeding Program for Organic Corn
2023
Author(s): Goldstein WA
The partnership approach taken also differs from usual top-down mechanistic breeding approaches in that the methods of breeding entailed holistic attention, learning, and respect for what turned out to be corn plants evolving in symbiogenesis with beneficial microbial partners.
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
2009
Publisher/Organisation: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, Cornell University
The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) is the world's only peer-reviewed, transdisciplinary journal focused solely on food- and farming-related community development.
Indigenous Lakadong Turmeric of Meghalaya and Its Future Prospects.
2023
Author(s): Kumar M R, Kumar D S, Kumar P M, Das S
Turmeric contains two key components: Curcuminoids and essential oils (primarily terpenoids), responsible for the herb’s orange-yellow color and aromatic flavor. These components also have a broad spectrum of bioactivities for which data has been confirmed at all levels of investigation, including in vitro and in vivo tests and human clinical trials.
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
2005
Publisher/Organisation: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples is an internationally peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal. The journal aims to present scholarly research on Indigenous worldviews and experiences of decolonization from Indigenous perspectives from around the world.
Indigenous Knowledge about Time-Keeping: Astronomical Aspects of The Batak Calendar
2021
Author(s): Angerler J
This study is a field research report on an investigation into the subject of the indigenous knowledge of time -keeping, as it was of practical importance to the communal organization of agricultural activities in traditional Toba Batak society.
Knowledge and Practice of Ubar Kampung by the Sundanese Community in Kecamatan Pangalengan, West Java, Indonesia
2021
Author(s): Febriyanti RM, Moektiwardojo M
The study aims to document the indigenous medical knowledge and practice of among Sundanese community. An exploratory study was conducted on the indigenous medical knowledge of Sundanese community living in Pangalengan, West Java. Most of the medicinal plants reported by key informants and used by the respondents in the research area are already publicly acknowledged for their medicinal properties and also reported in other research settings.