scholarly journals Assessment of biodiversity goods for the sustainable development of the chagra in an indigenous community of the Colombian Amazon: local values of crops

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanny Garavito ◽  
Rafael Clavijo ◽  
Pilar Luengas ◽  
Pablo Palacios ◽  
María Helena Arias
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Agroforestry System ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Use Values ◽  
Food Species ◽  
Colombian Amazon ◽  
Commercial Opportunity

Abstract Background The chagra is the agroforestry system adapted to the characteristics of the Amazon region. Recently, there has been a reported loss of biodiversity and traditional knowledge associated with the chagras. This paper characterizes the cultivators, exploring knowledge and expressed value perception in the context of the Amazonian chagra of an indigenous community; also, this prioritizes species, under the optics of commercial opportunity. Methods A semi-structured instrument was applied to 14 volunteers, asking about marketing preferences and use values of the species; later, a floristic inventory and prioritization workshop was developed. Results Sixty-two percent of the participants were 50 years or older at the time of the interview. Open conversations showed that traditional knowledge is a matter of practice; and is maintained mainly by the older "grandfathers". Thirty-eight species, belonging to 28 different families, were reported, showing considerable diversity. Seventy-nine percent of the participants consider the Leticia market and sales to tourists as the main marketing scenarios. Conclusions The Ziora-Amena community centralizes the handling of chagras in the community's older adults, who transmit their traditional knowledge to new generations through oral tradition. Indicators of preference, use, and abundance highlight the food species. The perception of the trade stakeholder encourages research and development of endemic species, with health properties or ingredients for industry, which represent an opportunity of high added value for the region.

scholarly journals Ethnomycology of Bracket Fungi in Baduy Tribe Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-432
Author(s):  
Rida Oktorida Khastini ◽  
Indria Wahyuni ◽  
Irma Saraswati
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Ganoderma Lucidum ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Fidelity Level ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Informant Consensus Factor ◽  
Informant Consensus ◽  
Use Values

Inhabitants of the Kendeng mountain region depend on the biodiversity of the forest resources for their livelihood. Mushrooms are important resource that provide benefits to mankind. The aim on this research was to document traditional knowledge in bracket fungi utilization to treat health problems in Baduy tribe community. The results described in this paper were obtained through the exploration and identification of bracket fungi as well as the interview to determine their cultural significance for Baduy people. Quantitative approaches were used to determine the Use Values (UV), Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) and Fidelity level (FL) values. A total of 6 species that were identified as bracket fungi were included to Basidiomycota. The Baduy community considers the main use of bracket fungi as a medicine for several ailments. The highest UV, ICF and FL value were obtained by Ganoderma lucidum. This study provides the information regarding bracket fungi species with the high use values that could be employed in pharmacological research and further biotechnological approaches in order to achieve an adequate revenue.

Study of Poplar and Bamboo based Agroforestry System

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Kapil Joshi ◽  
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Vrushali Gade ◽  
Ashwini Apet ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Management ◽  
Agroforestry System ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Population Pressure ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The People ◽  
Agro Forestry

Food insecurity and poverty have been affecting the livelihood of the rural poor since ages. It is posing a major challenge to the sustainable development of a developing country like India. In such countries, land and soil degradation has emerged as an offshoot of excessive population pressure over the limited resources. Agricultural production in the developing countries has seldom matched the needs of the people. Agro forestry has the potential to arrest land degradation and improve site productivity through interaction with trees, soil, crops and livestock. Agro forestry is also a potential option for improving rural livelihood and enhancing integrated management of the natural resource base. Agro forestry systems can play an important role in carbon mitigation programmes through carbon sequestration and can reduce the pressure on existing natural forests by providing fuel, fodder, timber and wood products to the farmers. The current interest in agro forestry in India has transformed the land-use system in terms of economic sustainability. This article briefly reviews about the concept of Poplar and Bamboo based agro forestry systems as adopted extensively by the farmers on a commercial and environmental conservation scale. These systems play a significant role to meet the economic, social and environmental concerns of the villagers.

Receding Dependence on Forests

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
T. Anantha Vijayah
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Sacred Spaces ◽  
Belief Structures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Spiritual Tradition

This chapter considers how modernity has affected the livelihood of Paliyar community and how they have been affected by forest dispossession. Whether the weaning away from the forests has been manufactured or part of the systemic exploitation is discernible. The chapter traces the history of the Paliyars, their belief structures, and indigenous knowledge within sacred spaces. The chapter also presents a discussion of the relation between land and spiritual tradition as well as the importance of land to identity, transfer of oral tradition, and indigenous traditional knowledge. Removing the Paliyar from the land continues to erode their tradition, knowledge, and identity.

scholarly journals Specific Features of Russian Economy Development on the Current Stage

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
L. I. Kochurova ◽  
E. I. Kharlampenkov ◽  
Yu. N. Kleshchevskiy ◽  
S. L. Engel ◽  
V. V. Andreev
Keyword(s):  
Added Value ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Current Economic Situation ◽  
Scientific Potential ◽  
Important Regulator ◽  
Future Strategy ◽  
Current Stage

The article studies the current economic situation in Russia: problems of economy development, the role of stateowned corporations and small and medium business in economy, problems of their interaction and key lines in development in the near future. The structure of domestic product of the country was described, as well as the role of certain industries of business in its formation. The chief goal of state is to re-orientate from resource-mining to resource – processing, which complies with the concept of added value and shall ensure the sustainable development of economic growth. The authors come to the conclusion that only interaction of big, medium and small business in the country can provide certain success in development, that human factor, interest of workers in results of enterprise work can become a decisive factor on the current stage. Key vectors of economy development in Russia have been identified. It was underlined that state must become an important regulator of market processes in the country. Today Russia must choose its future strategy: it can be either an inertial way of neo-liberal reforms and degrading of scientific potential or mobilization of intellectual resources to restructure economy on principles of developed market with the leading role of state.

scholarly journals LOGISTICS MODELS AS A SUSTAINABLE TOOL AGROBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marusya Linkova ◽  
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Elitsa Lazarova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Fixed Capital Formation

One of the most significant problems in modern society is related to the sustainable development of the economy in the conditions of market transformations. An alarming finding are the negative trends in the development of agriculture - priority export of unprocessed agricultural products, low gross fixed capital formation, presence of weak horizontal and vertical links in the food chain, weak investment and innovation activity and many more. etc. The construction of logistics models and the formation of logistics chains in agriculture is a market reaction of business to added value and a tool for sustainable development of both agribusiness and rural areas in Bulgaria.

scholarly journals Traditional Knowledge of açaí (Euterpe precatoria Mart. - Arecaceae) usage in the Sustainable Development Reserve - RDS Piagaçu Purus – Amazonas - Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-134
Author(s):  
Cristina Zulma Escate Lay ◽  
Jefferson da Cruz ◽  
Cláudia Blair-Matos ◽  
Jardel Augusto Andrade Luzeiro ◽  
João Carlos Souza Matos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
The Sustainable Development

scholarly journals Development prospects of the oil crops' market and products of their processing in the Krasnoyarsk Krai

2021 ◽  
Vol 282 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
N.I. Pyzhikova ◽  
V.L. Bopp ◽  
T.G. Sheremetova
Keyword(s):  
Food Additives ◽  
Added Value ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Krasnoyarsk Krai ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Oil Crops ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
Development Prospects

Over the past few years, oil crops cultivation has become investment-attractive in our country. This is due to both the increase in demand for products of their processing in domestic and foreign markets and the sustainable development of the processing and food industry. This article reviews approaches to the formation of the technologies introduction system for growing oil crops in Central Siberia (rape, dodder, mustard), industrial production of oils, food additives and feed products from them using biotechnology techniques, with a view to creating a high-tech competitive export-oriented oil sector of the agro-industrial complex in Krasnoyarsk Krai, which creates added value and increases its investment attractiveness.

scholarly journals The relationship between corporate profitability and ESG performance with GMM-IV method

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-473
Author(s):  
Máté Fain
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainability Measurement ◽  
Return On Sales ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to find the answer to the question how the ESG performance of the companies in the MSCI ACWI Index affects short-term profitability. The dependent variables of the analysis are the return on sales and the ROC/WACC ratio measuring added value. The ESG scores are the S&P Global SAM ratings. As the goal of the study is to assess the short-term effects, the 2019 profitability-ESG relation is examined along with several control variables. In studies analysing sustainability, measurement, specification errors and endogeneity are frequent which we manage by applying GMM procedure with robust instrumental variables. Based on our calculations, the relationship between financial and ESG performance is mostly neutral in the specific industries, which may help the achievement of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations in the long run.

scholarly journals Traditional Medicine for Children among Kaluppini Indigenous People in South Sulawesi

2020 ◽  
pp. 319-331
Author(s):  
Nurbaya Nurbaya ◽  
Wahyu Chandra ◽  
Pramesthi Widya Hapsari
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Traditional Birth Attendants ◽  
Birth Attendants ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Traditional Remedies ◽  
Sick Children

The traditional knowledge about the use of ancestral medicines to cure children was highly valued by the indigenous community and an essential part of their indigenous health system. This study aimed to provide insight into the traditional medication using plant-based medication to children in an indigenous community in South Sulawesi Province. This study was conducted in Kaluppini Village, Enrekang Regency, South Sulawesi. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted both in Bahasa Indonesia and the local language. Informants were traditional birth attendants and mothers of under-five. This study was carried out from January to June 2018. Data were analyzed using thematic coding. It is found that Kaluppini mothers have traditional knowledge of treatment. They used kinds of plants as traditional remedies to cure their children. This traditional medication named as pembollo’ and pejappi. Pembollo’ are traditional plants intended to cure sick children. Kaluppini people believe that pejappi is a collection of traditional plant that can treat kinds of illnesses among children, including to prevent them from supernatural things. Kaluppini indigenous people practice and believe in their traditional plants to cure their children. Traditional birth attendants play a crucial role in providing these traditional plants. Information provided in this study could be a rational basis for health-related stakeholders to develop programs of health education and promotion for indigenous communities.

scholarly journals Janeska, Lozanoska, Djambaska Demographic Changes and Sustainable Demographic Development in the Western Balkans

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Lozanoska ◽  
Verica Janeska ◽  
Elizabeta Djambaska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
Balkan Countries

The main goal of this paper is to identify the challenges of the sustainable demographic development in terms of the changes and current demographic situation in the Western Balkan countries, as well as to detect the importance of comprehensive and consistent population policies. The analysis is based on the relevant indicators for demographic changes identified in the Sustainable Development Strategy of the EU. The comparative analysis is made for the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. The available data from the Eurostat statistics and other relevant data sources for the last decade are used. Also, relevant studies considering the demographic development and adopted population policies are observed. The added value of this research is in the comparison of the demographic indicators and recognizing their importance for the sustainable demographic development of this region as one of the key preconditions for the future sustainable development.  The results of the analysis show that the demographic changes are big challenge for the sustainable development in all Western Balkan countries. They have implications in many domains and should be in the focus not only of the demographers, but of the researchers and policy makers in different fields of the macroeconomics as well. The lack of data for old-age income adequacy and public finance sustainability imposes the need for comprehensive database in each country as a precondition for continuous monitoring of the demographic changes and for creating appropriate policies regarding the sustainable development. Based on the results of this research, the common areas where the population policies of these countries should be directed are identified.

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