Documents & Reports
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Using traditional knowledge in economic development : the impact of raised field irrigation on agricultural production in Puno, Peru (English)
The Andean region of Puno, known as the altiplano, is located at 3,830 meters above sea level. The terrain is prone to flooding, and thus difficult to cultivate. In order to deal with this situation, Andean...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 39133 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Middleton, Melisande
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Transferring an indigenous practice for soil improvement : cattle manure with groundnut shells (English)
Soil fertility never used to be a major constraint due to the age-old practices of recycling agricultural residues in several ways. However, in these days of inorganic fertilizers and quick returns, the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 39132 Document Date: November 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes Survey Results (English)
In early 2006, the program asked for feedback on the IK Notes series (see 36060) and to assess whether they had made contributions to reader's work. The focus of the survey was on readers' perceptions...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 39131 Document Date: October 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reuger, Claudia
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Endogenous and modern innovations : differing perspectives (English)
This notes paper touches on Ethiopia's being one of nine countries Involvement in the international network PROLINNOVA (Promoting Local Innovation). The Ethiopian program set up multi-stakeholder teams...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 39130 Document Date: September 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Cultural heritage and collective intellectual property rights (English)
The inventive and creative processes of communities are often collective and the use of information, ideas and resources generated on the basis of such collective processes are broadly shared. Therefore...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 37079 Document Date: August 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Santilli, Juliana
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Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania : priority fruit species and products for tree domestication and commercialisation (English)
In collaboration with partners, the World Agro-forestry Centre established a number of fruit processing groups in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. These groups are actively involved in the processing...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 37078 Document Date: July 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ham, Cori
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Conservation of medicinal plants in Central America and the Caribbean (English)
The issues of medical plant conservation have been the focus of many formal and informal discussions at national and international forums, seminars, workshops, conferences and congresses in the last 10...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 36866 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lagos-Witte, Sonia
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Nurturing the environment on Senegal's west coast : Protection de l'environnement sut la cote ouest du Senegal (French)
The natural reserve of Ker Cupaam, is located along the Atlantic coast in Senegal, a fragment of a former national forest, basically for the protection of endangered species. Both the flora, and fauna...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 23423 Document Date: May 31, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Biodiversity and health symposium conclusions and recommendations (English)
The paper reported that to increase the effectiveness of healthcare as well as to alleviate poverty in the poorest parts of the world, the symposium participants recommended urgent attention to three principles:...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 36061 Document Date: May 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Traditional medicine programmes in Madagascar (English)
The note reviews Madagascar's inherited wealth of ethno-medical knowledge, being endowed with a flora of unique global importance on account of its biodiversity, endemicity, and ethno-medical uses. The...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 35916 Document Date: April 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rasoanaivo, Philippe
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Indigenous knowledge (IK) notes survey (English)
The present edition of IK Notes asks the reader to provide feedback, and assess the contribution the publication has made to their related work. The intention is to learn about perceptions of IK Notes...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 36060 Document Date: March 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rueger,Claudia
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Indigenous knowledge (IK) notes survey : Enquete sur les connaissances autochtones (French)
The present edition of IK Notes asks the reader to provide feedback, and assess the contribution the publication has made to their related work. The intention is to learn about perceptions of IK Notes...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 36060 Document Date: March 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rueger,Claudia
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Grandmothers promote maternal and child health : the role of indigenous knowledge systems' managers (English)
In virtually all societies, the managers of indigenous knowledge (IK) systems that deal with the development, care and well-being of women and children are senior women, or grandmothers. In that function...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 35458 Document Date: February 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aubel, Judi
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Linking agricultural innovations to knowledge sharing in Africa (English)
Most recent African indigenous knowledge (IK) literature, especially in agriculture, emphasizes that Africans are informed innovators. This literature is filled with success stories; excellent examples...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 35293 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Linking agricultural innovations to knowledge sharing in Africa : Lier les innovations agricoles au partage des connaissances en Afrique (French)
Most recent African indigenous knowledge (IK) literature, especially in agriculture, emphasizes that Africans are informed innovators. This literature is filled with success stories; excellent examples...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 35293 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Education : building on indigenous knowledge (English)
Indigenous knowledge (IK) can act as a powerful tool in a learning environment to teach students. Conventional curricula, and achievement tests in many countries, however, do not support students' learning...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34648 Document Date: December 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Srikantaiah,Deepa
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Education : building on indigenous knowledge : Education: s'appuyer sur les savoirs locaux (French)
Indigenous knowledge (IK) can act as a powerful tool in a learning environment to teach students. Conventional curricula, and achievement tests in many countries, however, do not support students' learning...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34648 Document Date: December 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Srikantaiah,Deepa
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Nugormesese: an indigenous basis of social capital in a West African community : Le Nugormesese : une base traditionnelle de capital social dans une communaute ouest-africaine (French)
The primary objective of this article is to present nugormesese as an indigenous mechanism of social capital in Buem-Kator, a farming community on the Ghana side of the Ghana-Togo border area. The concept...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34346 Document Date: November 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Nugormesese: an indigenous basis of social capital in a West African community (English)
The primary objective of this article is to present nugormesese as an indigenous mechanism of social capital in Buem-Kator, a farming community on the Ghana side of the Ghana-Togo border area. The concept...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34346 Document Date: November 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Innovation support funds for farmer-led research and development : Fonds d'appui a l'innovation pour la recherche et developpement menee par les agriculteurs (French)
In 2004, nine country programs involved in PROLINNOVA (Promoting Local Innovation in ecologically-oriented agriculture and natural resource management) considered how local innovation could be enhanced...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 34345 Document Date: October 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Killough, Scott,Water-Bayer, Ann,Wongtschowski, Mariana,van Veldhuizen, Laurens