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Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) used in agriculture by selected ethnic communities of Assam

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Title Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) used in agriculture by selected ethnic communities of Assam
 
Creator Borah, Nabanita
Bey, Brota Sing
Deka, Nivedita
 
Subject Ahom
Assam
Deori
ITK
Karbi
Mishing
 
Description 264-272
The role of Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) in a range of sectors is being talked about. Over the years, people
have tried to develop new farming techniques based on their experience and age old experiments for their farming operation.
Assam consists of a large number of ethnic groups that have different ITKs relating to agricultural sector. The present study
attempts to document the ITKs used by four major ethnic communities of Assam viz., Ahom, Mishing, Deori, and Karbi.
Twenty respondents from each community were selected and data were collected by different Participatory Rural Appraisal
tools from Sivsagar, Majuli and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam during 2020. Different ITKs such as, broadcasting goat’s
excreta on the standing crop of paddy to control hispa, dried leaves of ‘Neem’ kept with rice grains in for its insecticidal
properties, etc were used in agriculture. Most of the identified indigenous practices were found to be of biological origin.
The documented ITKs need to be scientifically validated to be recommended at the state level. The result of the study is
expected to help in a technology blending programme for generation of low-cost, eco-friendly and location-specific
technology by modifying already existing technologies. Further, the documented data might help in national-level data bank
management on ITKs.
 
Date 2023-06-28T12:44:49Z
2023-06-28T12:44:49Z
2023-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/62193
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v22i2.46568
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.23: A01P 7/04, A01P 17/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.22(2) [April 2023]