scholarly journals Review of indigenous knowledge in Uganda: implications for its promotion

Afrika Focus ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John R.S. Tabuti ◽  
Patrick Van Damme
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Significant Change

Indigenous knowledge (IK) has a role to play for households and community well-being in Uganda. However, IK is undergoing significant change and is on the decline in Uganda because of factors such as acculturation or the loss of IK through exposure to external cultures. In this paper we review some of the roles of, and threats to, IK with particular reference to the local community of Kaliro District. We make some recommendations on how to conserve IK in Kaliro and elsewhere in Uganda. Key words: traditional knowledge, conservation, traditional medicine, ethnobotany 

scholarly journals Review of indigenous knowledge in Uganda: implications for its promotion

Afrika Focus ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
John R.S. Tabuti ◽  
Patrick Van Damme
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Significant Change

Indigenous knowledge (IK) has a role to play for households and community well-being in Uganda. However, IK is undergoing significant change and is on the decline in Uganda because of factors such as acculturation or the loss of IK through exposure to external cultures. In this paper we review some of the roles of, and threats to, IK with particular reference to the local community of Kaliro District. We make some recommendations on how to conserve IK in Kaliro and elsewhere in Uganda.

Aboriginal Midwifery: A Model for Change

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber D. Skye
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Maternal Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Birthing Centres

This paper will discuss indigenous knowledge and epistemologies of health and well-being as essential practices to improving the health status of Aboriginal communities. These methods will be illustrated through the practice of Aboriginal midwifery and birthing practices currently being revitalized in Aboriginal communities. Indigenous knowledge of health, well-being, medicine, and healing practices have historically sustained the health and well-being of Aboriginal communities for centuries pre-contact. However, these traditional epistemologies of health and healing have been eroded through centuries of colonial oppression and the imposition of western scientific methodologies and legislation. Through decades of acculturation, much of the traditional knowledge of health, medicine and healing has been lost. However, a recent resurgence of traditional Aboriginal midwifery has occurred in an effort to retain, revive and restore the indigenous knowledge of Aboriginal communities. The revival of traditional Aboriginal midwifery has resulted in the development of Aboriginal birthing centres that blend traditional knowledge, medicine and healing practices with contemporary medical services, to provide culturally significant maternal care services for Aboriginal women and families. Currently, there are Aboriginal birthing centres and services in, Nunavut, Quebec and Ontario. The high quality of community-based maternal care, access to culturally significant health services - utilizing traditional medicine and employing traditionally trained Aboriginal midwives has shown improved outcomes, impacting community healing, cultural revival, and community capacity building. The traditional methodologies employed by Aboriginal birthing centres will be detailed to exemplify the significance of indigenous knowledge and epistemologies of health in providing improved health care services to Aboriginal communities.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Medicines Used by the Kani and Kurichiyar Tribal Communities of Kerala

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-199
Author(s):  
T Purushothaman ◽  
K Irfana Mol
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Indigenous Medicine ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Novel Drugs

The nature endowed with hidden resources of biodiversity comprises of various flora and fauna. The indigenous knowledge about the ethnobotanicals is vital for the conservation of traditional medicine as well as for future research. The documentation of indigenous medicine through botanical studies is also one of the aspects of the conservation and utilization of biodiversity. Kerala has many diverse ethnic tribal communities, and they are still following the traditional system of healing with the help of various biological resources. Each tribal communities have different lifestyles, and they are distributed in the various parts of Kerala. The tribals possess a traditional knowledge of uses of medicinal plants and employ different plants for curing diseases and infections. But, this valuable information is not documented properly. The tribal communities, along with their knowledge, have been diminishing due to the vanishing of forests as well as rapid modernization. But, the proper documentation and utilization of indigenous knowledge of tribes about the diverse medicinal plants will be useful for the development of novel drugs. Hence, we have attempted for the documentation of valuable tribal knowledge on medicinal plants, which would potentially serve as a useful reference for future researches. This article provides the list of plants used by the selected primitive tribal group of Kerala such as Kani, and Kurichiyar to treat various diseases.

scholarly journals Etnomedisin masyarakat Warsamdin, Kepulauan Raja Ampat, Papua Barat

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
Sudarmono Sudarmono
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
The West ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Papua Barat

Waigeo Island people in Warsamdin Village are remote from the West Papua mainland. But now transportation is easier after becoming a maritime tourism destination for the international community and traditional influences turn out to be modern as is the use of traditional medicine. Traditional knowledge about medicines still relies naturally on utilizing medicinal plants. This study aims to explore the potential of medicinal plants in the Warsamdin community, Waigeo Island, West Papua for generations. The method used by interviewing indigenous elders known as Old Man is either the local name of a medicinal plant, how to use it and as a traditional medicine and traced the morphology of the plant species. Local names are some commonly used species, namely Min ikanu (Morinda citryfolia), Kanaul leaves (Hibiscus sp), Deawas (Psidium guava), red fruit (Pandanus conoideus), Kokanu kaluku, Kiom ikanui, Umare ukani, Bim ikani, Wit ikani , Kokanu matalu. Kabaji and Gaviol. Knowledge of medicinal plants is a knowledge gained through the use of local customs that are descended from the origin of the tribe from Biak Island. These limitations are also influenced by the species of medicinal plants available in the area. The role of medicinal plants is still believed to be able to cure diseases and help cure pain.   Key words: etnomedicine, Warsamdin village, Waigeo island, Raja Ampat, West Papua

scholarly journals Assessment of the Resilience in SEPLS (Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes) in Yanuo Village, Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3774
Author(s):  
Yunhui Yang ◽  
Keyu Bai ◽  
Guanhua Li ◽  
Devra I. Jarvis ◽  
Chunlin Long
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Management ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Participatory Assessment

Participatory ‘assessment workshops’ were held in 2018 in Yanuo Village, Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. The ‘Indicators of Resilience in Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)’ tool was used to provide the community with a framework for discussion and analysis of socio-ecological processes essential for resilience. Workshops were planned and implemented by local people together with researchers from outside the community. Discussion, including a scoring process, was undertaken using a subset of twenty indicators designed to capture the communities’ perceptions of factors affecting the resilience of their landscapes. The indicators were also used to provide the local community with a framework to discuss both current conditions of resilience and potential areas for improvement. A key result was that the existing community management approach did not include loss of traditional knowledge as a factor that would impact on the livelihoods and well-being of the community. A mechanism to encourage young people to inherit and actively use traditional knowledge was agreed to be necessary and included in economic activities. In addition, the socio-economic infrastructure in the community needs further improvement. This community management assessment framework in Yanuo Village can be scaled out to other communities in tropical montane regions with similar socio-economic environments by supporting stakeholders (policymakers, NGOs and development agencies, etc.).

scholarly journals Potentials of associated traditional knowledge on marine resources for economic and general well-being among coastal communities in Terengganu, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Arzaman et al. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Health Quality ◽  
Economic Well Being

This study was conducted to explore the potential of associated traditional knowledge on marine resources for the sustainability of economic and general well-being among coastal communities in Terengganu. Using a qualitative study, twenty-six interviews were conducted. The study used convenience and snowball sampling to identify the other potential participants who had knowledge and experience about the topic. The study used thematic analysis to identify the required themes according to the objectives. Drawing upon sustainable livelihood theory for data interpretation, the findings indicate that traditional knowledge of marine resources plays an essential role in achieving economic well-being for the coastal community in Terengganu. This is viewed from the aspect of increased living standards and improved health quality. Although exploration of traditional knowledge on marine resources is limited among the modern generation, the implications of this study highlight that identification of certain marine resources as traditional medicine for health problem solutions, selling fresh marine resources, and production of processed food from marine resources could offer ways to improve the economy of coastal communities. The study was carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic, which had limited the number of participants interviewed. Therefore, the sample size obtained is relatively small to find more significant results. Future studies can be expanded through quantitative approach methods among traditional medicine practitioners and other communities in different regions that use marine resources in their daily life.

THE IMPACT OF DECENTRALIZATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmyla Mishchenko ◽  
◽  
Dmytro Mishchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Infrastructural Support ◽  
The Impact

The actualization of the results of financial decentralization in Ukraine as part of the reform of decentralization of power and the development of proposals for its improvement is explained by the fact that a clear division of functions, powers and financial resources between national and regional levels is the basis for the well-being of our citizens. opportunities for its sustainable socio- economic development on a democratic basis. It is noted that financial decentralization is a process of giving authority to mobilize revenues and expenditures of local governments in order to increase the effectiveness of the implementation of these powers and better management of community budgets. It is established that unlike traditional entrepreneurship, which focuses on profit generation, the purpose of social entrepreneurship is to create and accumulate social capital. Abroad, social enterprises operate successfully in the fields of education, the environment, human rights, poverty reduction and health care, and their development and dissemination is one way to improve the living conditions of citizens. A similar mission is entrusted to local governments, which allows us to consider the revival of social entrepreneurship as an important element in improving self-government policy. It is determined that in modern conditions social entrepreneurship is one of the tools to ensure the ability of the local community to provide its members with an appropriate level of education, culture, health, housing and communal services, social protection, etc., as well as plan and implement programs efficient use of available natural and human resources, investment and infrastructural support of territorial communities. Due to financial decentralization, local governments have received additional resources that can be used to create economic incentives to promote social entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized businesses at the community level.

Agroforestry practices in leasehold forests in Tanahun, a Mid-hill district of Western Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
R Shakya ◽  
SK Baral ◽  
R Basukala ◽  
S Khanal
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Forest Product ◽  
Degraded Lands ◽  
Hill District ◽  
Dual Objectives ◽  
Agroforestry Practices

(Author of this paper, S Khanal was omitted in error - added on 29-3-2010)Leasehold forestry in Nepal has sought to address both poverty alleviation and environmental conservation. The major agroforestry practices observed in the leasehold forests were silvopasture, hortisilviculture and Non Timber Forest Product (NTFP) cultivation. The most prominent problem to the users in adopting agroforestry practices was the lack of technical information. Some successful insights observed suggest that agroforestry has a notable potential to address dual objectives of poverty alleviation and conservation. The need to evolve sustainable mechanism for promoting agrofrorestry in degraded lands through the dissemination of useful traditional knowledge, innovative practices and improved technologies was identified. Key words: Leasehold forest; agroforestry; silvopasture; hortisilviculture; NTFP Banko Janakari Vol.16(2) 2006 pp.45-49

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