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| Title: | Indigenous knowledge of soil fertility management in the humid tropics of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Authors: | Gosai, Kuldip
Arunachalam, A
Dutta, BK
Prasanna, Kumar GV |
| Keywords: | Arunachal Pradesh
Fertility
Indigenous soil knowledge
Land suitability
Northeast India
Nyshis
Texture |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01B, A01B 3/00, A01B 79/02 |
| Abstract: | Traditional
ecological knowledge has been established to have a bearing on natural resource
management by the indigenous communities living in biodiversity rich North
eastern hill region. The present study correlates the indigenous knowledge and
scientific knowledge in assessing the nutrient availability status of the
agricultural soil as practiced by the ‘Nyishi’ tribes who use visual
properties such as colour, texture and topographic positioning of land/terrain.
The physico-chemical analysis of the soil samples for soil characterization and
appropriate land use thereof is in concordance with the working model of the
indigenous soil knowledge of the ‘Nyishis’. Thus, there arises a need to
document the traditional knowledge base and include the same for validation and
scientific application for better management of soil and other resources. |
| Page(s): | 508-511 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.10(3) [July 2011]
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