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Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America

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Title Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America
 
Creator Barrios, E.
Trejo Tercero, M.T.
 
Subject soil management
natural resources
manejo de recursos
indigenous knowledge
soil fertility
soil chemicophysical properties
soil biology
indicator plants
case studies
hillsides
honduras
manejo del suelo
recursos naturales
resource management
conocimiento indígena
fertilidad del suelo
propiedades físico - químicas suelo
biología del suelo
plantas indicadoras
estudios de casos prácticos
laderas
 
Description The increasing attention paid to local soil knowledge in recent years is the result of a greater recognition that the knowledge of people who have been interacting with their soils for long time can offer many insights about the sustainable management of tropical soils. This paper describes two approaches in the process of eliciting local information. Case studies show that there is a consistent rational basis to the use of local indicators of soil quality and their relation to improved soil management. The participatory process used is shown to have considerable potential in facilitating farmer consensus about which soil-related constraints should be tackled first. Consensus building is presented as an important step prior to collective action by farming communities in integrated soil management at the landscape scale. Taking advantage of the complementary nature of local and scientific knowledge is highlighted as an overall strategy for sustainable soil management.
 
Date 2003
2014-09-24T08:42:19Z
2014-09-24T08:42:19Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier 0016-7061
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43561
http://ciat-library.ciat.cgiar.org/Articulos_Ciat/Barrios_Geoderma.pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Source Geoderma