Research paper published on Documentation on ITK on Pest Managementby Kushal Naharki | 02-09-2020 09:53 |
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  Pesticides are being heavily used in pest management in agriculture which have residues, cause harm to the beneficial insect within soil and have health impacts on living organism. Pesticidides have been seriously affecting natural resources, habitat and biodiversity. Indigenous technical knowledge are prevalent in our societies which are eco friendly and sustainable. With the increase of the modern technologies and knowledge, we have lost our traditional technical knowledge. They are geting lost from our societies due to the lack of documentation and transfer to the next generation. With the aim to document the indigenous technical knowledge used in the pest management In the mid western hills of Nepal, a survey was conducted among the 75 indigenious people of tanahun, lamjung and kaski district of Nepal. Being the main author of the paper, i feel glad to share you all that my research paper has been published in the first issue of 18th volume of Saarc Journal of Agriculture. This journal is published by SAARC Agriculture Center Title of the article: DOCUMENTATION OF INDIGENOUS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR APPLICATION IN PEST MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN MID HILL OF NEPAL Abstract of my Article: Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) are based on the experiences of the local people being passed on from one generation to next and has been used for management of pest since ancient times. A study was conducted to collect and document the ITK and their application in pest management from indigenous communities in western mid hill of Nepal. A total sample size of seventy-five respondents from the indigenous communities of Magar, Gurung, and Newar in Tanahun, Lamjung and Kaski districts of Nepal were interviewed with a semi structured questionnaire. The study revealed that subsistence farmers and semi commercial farmers usually made the most use of ITK while commercial farmers rarely used such indigenous knowledge. Use of ITK was highest (85%) by the subsistence farmers, followed by semi-commercial farmers (60%), and lowest (10%) by commercial farmers in pest management. The transfer of ITK was mostly found to be through past generations. The indigenous technological knowledge being applied in pest management should be documented, promoted, and encouraged in combination with scientific knowledge among the farming communities. Keywords: Documentation, ITK, Pest Management You can read the full issue at: http://www.sac.org.bd/archives/journals/sja_v_18_i_1_2020.pdf You can cite this article as: Naharki, K. and Jaishi, M. 2020. Documentation of indigenous Technical Knowledge and their application in pest management in western mid hill of Nepal. Saarc Journal of Agriculture. 18(1): 251-261. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3329/sja.v18i1.48397 |
