List of abbreviations

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface

Robert Chambers

Paul Richards

Introduction

PART I INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

Ethnobotanical Knowledge Systems - A resource for meeting rural development goals

Janis B. Alcorn

Taman Obat Keluarga (TOGA): Indigenous Indonesian medicine for self-reliance

L. Jan Slikkerveer

Mady K.L. Slikkerveer

Neem in Niger: A new context for a system of indigenous knowledge

Edward B. Radcliffe

Gregoire Ouedraogo

Sonia E. Patten

David W. Ragsdale

Peter P. Strzok

The Lari Soils Project in Peru - A methodology for combining cognitive and behavioural research

David W. Guillet

Louanna Furbee

Jon Sandor

Robert Benfer

Indigenous Soil Classification Systems in Northern Zambia

Carol Kerven

Hilde Dolva

Ragnhild Renna

Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agroforestry Projects in the Central Hills of Nepal

Eric P. Rusten

Michael A. Gold

Indigenous Communication and Indigenous Knowledge

Paul A. Mundy

J. Lin Compton

Incorporating Farmers' Knowledge in International Rice Research

Sam Fujisaka

PART II INDIGENOUS DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS

Raised Beds and Plant Disease Management

H. David Thurston

Joanne M. Parker

Indigenous Knowledge and Famine Relief in the Horn of Africa

Peter J.C. Walker

Indigenous Decision-making in Agriculture - A reflection of gender and socioeconomic status in the Philippines

Virginia D. Nazarea-Sandoval

Forest Gardens of Highland Sri Lanka - An indigenous system for reclaiming deforested land

Yvonne Everett

Indigenous Decision-making Systems - A key in understanding structural change in American agriculture

Robert Zabawa

Christina H. Gladwin

Indigenous Taxonomies and Decision-making Systems of Rice Farmers in South India

Bhakthavatsalam Rajasekaran

D. Michael Warren

Expert Systems for Indigenous Knowledge in Crop Varietal Selection

Suresh Chandra Babu

D. Michael Warren

Bhakthavatsalam Rajasekaran

Como Se Cura: Patterns of medical choice among working class families in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico

Michael B. Whiteford

PART III INDIGENOUS ORGANISATIONS

Local Traditions and Community Forestry Management: A view from Nepal

Donald A. Messerschmidt

Indigenous Systems of Natural Resource Management among Pastoralists of Arid and Semi-arid Africa

Maryam Niamir

A Socioecological Analysis of Balinese Water Temples

J. Stephen Lansing

James N. Kremer

Kpelle Farming through Kpelle Eyes

John Gay

Use of Local Knowledge in Managing the Niger River Fisheries Project

Thomas L. Price

PART IV INDIGENOUS EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATIONS

Farmers Who Experiment: An untapped resource for agricultural research and development

Robert Rhoades

Anthony Bebbington

Phytopractices: Indigenous horticultural approaches to plant cultivation and improvement in tropical regions

Yildiz Aumeeruddy

Farmer Know-how and Communication for Technology Transfer: CTTA in Niger

Constance M. McCorkle

Gail McClure

A Trans-local Adaptation of Indigenous Knowledge in Duck Farming in Indonesia

Patricia J. Vondal

Tinker, Tiller, Technical Change: Peoples' technology and innovation off the farm

Matthew Gamser

Helen Appleton

Using Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Design of On-farm Experiments - A Philippine case

Clive Lightfoot

Taking Farmers' Knowledge and Technology Seriously: Upland rice production in the Philippine

Sam Fujisaka

Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Djenne, Mali

Alison Ayers

Using Indigenous Knowledge in a Subsistence Society of Sudan

Roger W. Sharland

Kpelle Steelmaking: An indigenous high technology in Liberia

Gordon C. Thomasson

Survival under Stress: Socioecological perspectives on farmers' innovations and risk adjustments

Anil K. Gupta

Transfer of Indigenous Knowledge and Protection of the Agricultural Environment in Eastern Africa

Kees J. Stigter

PART V INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

CIKARD: A global approach to documenting indigenous knowledge for development

D. Michael Warren

Gerard McKiernan

LEAD: The Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Programme

L. Jan Slikkerveer

Wim H. J. C. Dechering

CIRAN: Networking for indigenous knowledge

Guus W. Von Liebenstein

L. Jan Slikkerveer

D. Michael Warren

IUCN and Indigenous Peoples: How to promote sustainable development

Jeffrey A. McNeely

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Rapid Rural Appraisal for Indigenous Sustainable Agriculture

Jennifer McCracken

Agricultural Development with a Focus on Local Resources: ILEIA's view on indigenous knowledge

Bertus Haverkort

The Latin American Consortium on Agroecology and Development (CLADES) - Fostering rural development based on indigenous knowledge

Miguel A. Altieri

Andres Yurjevic

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme

Malcolm Hadley

Kathrin Schreckenberg

Sustainable Development and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Nigeria: The role of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)

Adedotun O. Phillips

S. Oguntunji Titilola

The Regional Program for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge in Asia (REPPIKA)

Juan M. Flavier

Antonio De Jesus

Conrado S. Navarro

PART VI BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

Ethnoveterinary Medicine and Development - A review of the literature

Evelyn Mathias-Mundy

Constance M. McCorkle

Indigenous Knowledge as Reflected in Agriculture and Rural Development

S. Oguntunji Titilola

David Marsden

From Ecology through Economics to Ethnoscience: Changing perceptions on natural resource management

Olivia N. Muchena

Eric Vanek

INDAKS: A bibliography and database on indigenous agricultural knowledge systems and sustainable development in the tropics

L. Jan Slikkerveer

Bibliography

Index