Traditional knowledge of the fishermen community of Indian Sundarbans: An assessment of rationality and effectiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aparna Roy ◽  
Archana Sinha ◽  
Ranjan K. Manna ◽  
M. D. Aftabuddin ◽  
Sanjay K. Das
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Extreme Climatic Events ◽  
Indian Sundarbans ◽  
Fish Breeding ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Indigenous Technical Knowledge ◽  
Fish Marketing ◽  
Indigenous Fishes

The present paper describes various Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) of the fishermen community of Indian Sundarbans in West Bengal documented during the period from 2013 to 2015. A total of eleven ITKs were documented including therapeutic value of fish with special reference to small indigenous fishes (SIF) and were categorised based on their uses. Effectiveness and rationality were assessed based on the view of the experts as well as that of fishers. The study indicated that seven ITKs documented were rational and effective. Those valid ITKs include four types of unique fishing methods; fish as special energy booster; methods to support natural fish breeding and fish marketing. Remaining four ITKs, like use of fishes to address unique human health issues, method to reduce mortality during prawn seed transport and behaviour of fish for forecasting extreme climatic events, although appeared as irrational and less effective as per the view of experts, fishers are practicing them and hence demand special attention for proper validation, improvement and popularisation in the context of changing regional resource structure and stakeholders’ needs.

scholarly journals Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Fisheries of South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 2793-2797
Author(s):  
Soumyadip Purkait ◽  
Sutanu Karmakar ◽  
Anandamoy Mondal ◽  
Subir Kumar Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous Technical Knowledge

scholarly journals Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Plant Disease Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 377-380
Author(s):  
Hari Prasanna Sahu ◽  
Rakesh Roshan Satapathy
Keyword(s):  
Disease Management ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Soil Fertility Management ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Indigenous Technical Knowledge ◽  
Plant Disease Management

The origins of indigenous technical/traditional knowledge are local, rural &community. It's utilised in forecasting of weather for better seed germination, soil, water, and soil fertility management, disease and insect pest control of plants & animals, and post-harvest management, among other things. India has a variety of indigenous agricultural practises which are still popular in organic agriculture in India's many states and are sustainable, environment friendly, profitable, and cost-effective. This review paper contains an overview of Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Plant Disease Management to help researchers in the future.

scholarly journals Sustainable remote Australian transport for living on country and going out bush

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Spandonide
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Access To Services ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Extreme Climatic Events ◽  
Supply Chain Costs ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Vulnerable Population Groups

Both the domestic and international academic literature’s analysis of links between transport and wellbeing focuses mainly on urban settings and vulnerable population groups including older people, people with health issues, socio-economically disadvantaged people, or people undergoing more frequent extreme climatic events. While the relationship between remote Australians wellbeing and travelling activities is evident, its complexity still remains an under-researched topic. This is paradoxical when considering that extreme distances, high supply chain costs, limited access to services and to economic participation are well recognised obstacles for sustaining vibrant remote Australian communities. The latest accessibility-driven technological innovations in both the digital and the sharing economies are highly topical in transport projects in urban agglomerations but still a distant reality for remote Australia. There is a need for researching an appropriateness framework of such technologies because of the strong relevance of the multiple outcomes in terms of wellbeing that some of these innovations provide. Furthermore what defines a good quality of life can sometimes be very similar and other times greatly differ between remote and urban contexts. In the light of some recent transport and mobility research this paper analyses the potential connections between more appropriate transport innovations and increasingly resilient remote communities.

Effect of certain indigenous technical knowledge on the management of red spider mite (Oligonychus coffeae) in tea

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Kapil Kumar Bhuyan Gautam Kumar Saikia ◽  
Mukul Kumar Deka Subhash Chandra Barua
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Spider Mite ◽  
Cow Dung ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Polygonum Hydropiper ◽  
Cent Concentration ◽  
Red Spider Mite ◽  
Cow Urine ◽  
Oligonychus Coffeae ◽  
Indigenous Technical Knowledge

<p>An investigation was carried out at Deha Tea Estate, Jorhat, Assam during 2015-16 by using different indigenous technical<br />knowledge (ITK) prevalent among different small tea growers. Fish extract at (0.25, 0.5 and 1%), Polygonum hydropiper at (2.5,<br />5 and 7.5%) and Azadirachtin (Neemazal-F 5%) were evaluated in field conditions against tea mite. The result showed that fish<br />extract in combination with cow dung, cow urine and water when sprayed at one per cent concentration, significantly reduced red<br />spider mite population (96.5%), percentage of leaves infestation (5.2%) and leaf area infested by the mite (11.6%). P. hydropiper<br />in combination with cow urine and water when sprayed at 7.5 per cent concentration significantly reduced red spider mite<br />population (87.5%), percentage of infestation (9.1%) and leaf area infested by the mite (12.9%). Among all the ITKs, fish extract<br />at one per cent caused higher reduction of infestation of red spider mite followed by P. hydropiper extract at 7.5 per cent.<br />Influence of both the treatments on the management of red spider mite was at par with that of commercial Azadirachtin.</p>

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