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<p><span>A note on indigenous technical knowledge in Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh</span></p>
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<p><span>A note on indigenous technical knowledge in Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh</span></p> |
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Swangla, S ; Division of Agricultural Extension, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India Vellaichamy, Sangeetha ; Scientist ,Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi Singh, Premlata ; Principal Scientist&Head ,Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi Burman, Rajarshi Roy; Principal Scientist Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi Priya, Satya ; Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi Palanisamy, Venkatesh ; Senior Scientist, Division of Agricultural Economics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi Bhowmick, Arpan ; Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute New Delhi Singh, Tushar ; Senior Research Fellow Division of Agricultural Extension ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi Authors are highly thankful to ICAR and IARI for providing support to conduct this research study |
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ITKs; Traditional knowledge; Tribal areas |
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<p>Over the years, Indian farmers have leveraged their ancestral know-how and experimented to cultivate different crops in difficult environmental conditions. Of late, however, traditional knowledge and practices have suffered massive erosion, mainly due to the impact of globalization and modernization. In this regard, the objective of the present paper was to document and validate the ITKs in the tribal farming system in Himachal Pradesh. Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh were purposively selected for the study owing to their special status of Schedule Tribal Area. Further, three villages from each district were selected randomly covering a sample of 120 farmers. In addition, 5 key informants experienced in particular ITKs were selected from each village for its validation through Quantification of Indigenous Knowledge. The major documented ITKs were classified into appropriate categories such as soil and water management, cropping system, farm implements, post-harvest technology, storage, horticultural crops, food product development, agro-animal based yarns and leaves, medicinal, veterinary science, animal husbandry, and some myths. Further, <em>Kothar</em>, <em>Graat, Suttar, </em>tying of branches of trees, and <em>chicha</em> were revealed as the most useful ITKs in the tribal areas of Kinnaur. In Lahaul-Spiti, <em>Khudh, Sumbhu, Sem, </em>and shaving off of yak’s hair in summer were the most popular ITKs.</p> |
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Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) 2021-06-04 16:32:52 |
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application/pdf application/pdf http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJTK/article/view/29301 |
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Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK); ##issue.vol## 20, ##issue.no## 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge |
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en |
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http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJTK/article/download/29301/465540710 http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJTK/article/download/29301/465540711 |
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