| Experiment code | 20.7.3.3 |
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| Experiment Title | Utilization of Indigenous Technical Knowledge among tribal farm families in Tapi district |
| Research Type | Departmental Research |
| Experiment Background | Introduction: Science blended with wisdom would sustain the existing farming system better, both in terms of stability and productivity. Mankind has passed through the stone age, the steel age and entered the space age with the help of technologies. Scientists, using logical judgments and practical experiences, started developing technologies, to fulfill their needs. In the process of intensive farming, the environment has been treated in an unfriendly manner (Rahman, Citation2012). Indigenous Technological Knowledge (ITK) is knowledge that is specific and identity to particular culture or society (Warren et al., Citation1989). This knowledge includes the cultural traditions, values, beliefs and views of local people (Agrawal, Citation1995). “Local knowledge” indicates the knowledge of any individual who had resided in an area for long duration (Langill, Citation2001). Louise Grenier had stated indigenous knowledge as “the unique, historic, local knowledge existing within and developed around the specific condition of women and men indigenous to a particular geographic area” (Grenier & International Development Research Centre (Canada), Citation1998). It balances biodiversity by maintaining soil purely organic, gene pools, conservation of indigenous varieties etc., (I. Sharma et al., Citation2020). ITK are the ideas and practices of indigenous community that are advanced over a long period of time (Devi et al., Citation2014) and are transferred from generation to generation through folk songs, proverbs, myths, stories, culture, puppetry and traditional methods (Swathi & Dineshbabu, Citation2009). This knowledge links farmer’s perspective to natural, physical, and socio-economic environment from an agro-ecosystem (Bonny & Vijayaragavan, Citation2001). ITK methods of pest control have been adopted by different members of the communities to different extents, such as in plant protection, weather forecasting, storage techniques, nutrient management methods, animal husbandry practices, use of medicinal plants etc. Sustainable agriculture through traditional way is achieved through the use of locally available means like application of Farm Yard Manure, cow dung and urine, green manuring, intercropping, tillage, and so on. Nowadays, myriads of indigenous practices are at risk of becoming extinct owing to rapidly changing natural environments and fast pacing economic, political and cultural changes. Practices vanish, as they become inappropriate for new challenges or because they adapt too slowly (S. Sharma et al., Citation2009). Many practices vanish just due to the intrusion of foreign technologies that promise short-term gains or solutions to problems without being capable of sustaining them. The farmers belonging to different ethnic diversity of the state have developed their own system of cultivation of various crops. All these practices developed by farmers along the course of time and have been passed on to the next generations are commonly known as Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK). Over the years, people have tried to develop new farming techniques based on their experience and age-old experiments for their farming operations. This knowledge is based on many generations of insight gained through close interaction within the natural and physical micro-environments. ITKs consist of technologies developed by farmers over decades of adjusting farming systems to local agroclimatic and social conditions. |
| Experiment Group | Social Science |
| Unit Type | (03)EXTENSION EDUCATION UNIT |
| Unit | (34)KRUSHI VIGYAN KENDRA (VYARA) |
| Department | (250)Krushi Vigyan Kendra Vyara |
| BudgetHead | (340/02704/01)340/38/REG/03055 |
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| PI Name | (NAU-EMP-2019-000460)ARPIT JAGDISHBHAI DHODIA |
| PI Email | arpit0694@nau.in |
| PI Mobile | 9727887980 |
| Year of Approval | 2024 |
| Commencement Year | 2024 |
| Completion Year | 2026 |
| Research Methodology |
Methodology:
All the seven talukas of Tapi district, namely Vyara, Valod, Dolvan, Songadh, Uchchhal, Nizar, Kukarmunda will be selected for the study. For the investigation of the study, two adopted villages of KVK since starting from each taluka will select purposively. 25 respondents will randomly be selected from each village. So total 350 respondents will be selected for the study. Dependent variable: Utilization of Indigenous Technical Knowledge
Social participation, Size of family, Farming experience, Scientific orientation, Risk orientation
The data will be collected through personal contact with the help of well-structured interview schedule. The gathered data will be processed, tabulated and classified in light of objectives of the study. Statistical Tools for analyzing data: Mean, Standard Deviation, Average, Frequency, Ranking. |
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(NAU-EMP-2019-000460) ARPIT JAGDISHBHAI DHODIA |
arpit0694@nau.in | 9727887980 | 03-02-2025 |
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