Ancestral Knowledge in Agri-Allied Science

Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge of the indigenous people inhabiting different geographical regions of the world with their own language, culture, tradition, belief, folklore, rites and rituals. Indigenous knowledge so developed is based on necessities, instinct, curiosity and observations of ethnic groups to mitigate the immediate situations. Eventually, this local knowledge in course of time gets socially accepted and validated which finally inters into the social life and subsequently become the Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) of the society as a whole. As such, scientist in this knowledge base economy who are in research of new ideas and innovations expect that indigenous knowledge may hold significant message which may be of use to remedy the deficiencies in modern agricultural and environment related issues. There is a need for studying and documenting traditional knowledge in different ecological and cultural environments. Several researchers are working on ITK in different fields of agriculture and allied sectors. There is a demand for a standard book on the overview of ITK. This book is designed in such a way that will give an overview of ITK, the differences between Science & ITK, different tools and techniques used in ITK, classification, importance & utilization of ITK, and recent ongoing researches on ITK in different parts of India. The objective of this book is to encourage the study of ethnic knowledge in different field of agriculture and allied sector. It is also an attempt to circulate amongst a larger group of readers regarding the importance of indigenous knowledge in scientific world. This book will, perhaps, be well received in all the Agricultural Universities, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries University, State Govt. Agri-allied Departments, Private and Public Sector Institutions where training, teaching, research and extension of agri-allied sector is undertaken.

Table of Contents:
01. An Overview of Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Relation to Agri-allied Sector R.K. Saha, D. Nath and H. Saha 02. Basic Concept of Indigenous Knowledge and its Protection in India Ajit Kumar Roy 03. Traditional Ecological Knowledge: An Important Pillar in Fisheries Resource Management Biswarup Saha, Tanmay Samajdar and P. K. Pal 04. Indigenous Technical Knowledge for the Management of Major Pests of Field Crops in North East India D. M. Firake, P. D. Firake , G. T. Behere, N.S. Azad Thakur and Dilip Nath 05. Traditional Practices for the Management of Major Pests of Horticultural Crops and Stored Produce in North East India D.M. Firake, P.D. Firake, G.T. Behere, N.S. Azad Thakur and D. Nath 06. Indigenous Pest Management Practices in North East India - An Overview Arunava Samanta, Archan Kanti Das and Sandip Patra 07. Notes on the Ethno-Veterinary Practices Used for Treatment of Different Ailments in Tripura State, India Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee, J. Majumder, R. Lodh and B. K. Agarwala 08. Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Associated with Fermented Fish Products of North East India A. U. Muzaddadi 09. Traditional Ethnic Jewellery of Kashmiri Fisherwomen Rizwana, T. H. Bhat, M. H. Balkhi and Poonam Sharma 10. Documentation of Ethno-Entomophagy Practices in Ethnic Communities of Manipur, North East India T. Shantibala, R.K. Lokeshwari, B. K. garwala, and Gusheinzed Waikhom 11. Traditionally Used Fish Feed Ingredients and Manure in Aquaculture in the North Eastern State of Tripura M.K. Datta 12. Identification of Indigenous Resource and its Management for Livelihood by Tribal Women Fishers of Dooars Region of West Bengal Using PRA Technique: A Case Study Ambalika Ghosh 13. Selected Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) on Fisheries in Tripura State Sagar C. Mandal, Pampa Bhattacharjee and Debtanu Barman 14. Indigenous Disease Management Practices in Traditional Farming Systems in India A. Chakraborty and Subham Dey 15. Highly Effective Fishing Methods in Central Assam as Perceived by Fishers Rajita Devi and iswarup Saha 16. Nu Ta: An Indigenous Fish Catching Gear of Arunachal Pradesh, India Pema Chotten Wangja, Olik Jomang, Krishna Prasad Sharma and Yumlembam Jackie Singh 17. Shifting Responses of Tadpole Larvae and Frog from Fish Pond in Presence of Hypoxia, Obnoxious Gases and Predators Ramanuj Chakraborty, Subrata Shib and Himadri Saha 18. Application of Indigenous Technical Knowledge for Treating Ectoparasitic Infestations in Animals W. Ramdas Singh, Debasish Behera, Hijam S. Devi, and P. H. Patra 19. Traditional Fermented Fish Products of North Eastern States of India Yumlembam Jackie Singh, Huirem Bharati and Pema Chotten Wangja 20. Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) in Animal Husbandry Practices Avijit Haldar, Chintu Deb Barma and Rajkumari Sanjukta 21. Traditional Fishing Practices in North Eastern Region of India Anil Datt Upadhyay 22. Use of Black Drongo for Pest Management in Rice: A Traditional Agricultural Practice by the Rural Farmers of Tripura Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee, Joydeb Majumder and Pranabjit Bardhan Roy 23. On Some Aspects of Sampling Methodology with Reference to Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Prasenjit Pal