Indigenous Knowledge in Agriculture: A case study of the challenges in sharing knowledge of past generations in a globalized context in Uganda.

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dc.contributor.authorAkullo, Diana
dc.contributor.authorKanzikwera, Rogers
dc.contributor.authorBirungi, Pauline
dc.contributor.authorAlum, Winnie
dc.contributor.authorAliguma, Lucy
dc.contributor.authorBarwogeza, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-02T15:55:48Z
dc.date.available2023-08-02T15:55:48Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractFor centuries, farmers have planned agricultural production and conserved natural resources by adopting indigenous knowledge. The development of indigenous knowledge systems, including management of natural environment, has been a matter of survival to the people who generated these systems. A study was conducted in western Uganda to investigate indigenous agricultural practices using local knowledge by researchers. The challenges from the study include; integration of conventional research with indigenous knowledge, storage and selective sharing of knowledge by farmers. The study determined a positive correlation between improved technologies and assets and access to extension services. It revealed that indigenous knowledge are used by all farmer categories, its dominant, easily accessible, safe for man, animals and promotes social cohesion due to the mechanism of dissemination. It showed inefficiency of some indigenous knowledge methods. The study concludes by recommending that indigenous knowledge and practices are useful, must be integrated with contemporary research agenda to enable farmers compete and respond to global opportunities and challenges respectively.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAkullo, D., Kanzikwera, R., Birungi, P., Alum, W., Aliguma, L., & Barwogeza, M. (2007, August). Indigenous knowledge in agriculture: A case study of the challenges in sharing knowledge of past generations in a globalized context in Uganda. In World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council (pp. 19-23).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=906a2b0c4f81a23b52dfe489bcc32460d82757b0
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9093
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIFLA General Conference and Councilen_US
dc.titleIndigenous Knowledge in Agriculture: A case study of the challenges in sharing knowledge of past generations in a globalized context in Uganda.en_US
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