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Association of biotic factors with indigenous knowledge of farmers on rainfall predictions

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Title Association of biotic factors with indigenous knowledge of farmers on rainfall predictions
 
Creator Tirlapur, Laxmi
Biradar, Nagaratna
Bheemappa, A
Kerur, Akshata
Chand, Khem
 
Subject Animals
Behaviour
Birds
Forecast
Indigenous knowledge
Insects
 
Description 883-889
Farmers use different factors (biotic and abiotic) around them to predict rainfall. Several Indigenous Technical
Knowledge (ITK) practices followed by farmers in different parts of the country are documented and published. ITKs
collected from flood and drought prone areas of south India along with documented ITKs were analysed to know the biotic
indicators used by farmers to predict rainfall. These biotic factors were classified as insects, birds and animals. Farmers use
19 types of insects, 17 types of birds and 10 types of animals as indicators to predict rainfall. Various behaviour types of
these biotic factors are observed by farmers based on which they make decisions about possibility of rain occurring and in
some cases the intensity of rain. These are grassroots innovations which are time tested and facilitated farmers to make their
farming decisions.
 
Date 2022-11-29T09:38:53Z
2022-11-29T09:38:53Z
2022-11
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60949
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v21i4.37277
 
Language en
 
Relation F24F 130/10
G01W 1/06
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(4) [October 2022]