Message-ID: <9608082000.420a2b25.RED@nufficcs.nl> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 18:33:35 +200 From: IK-Monitor <mailto:IKDM%REDDWARF@NUFFICCS.NL> Subject: AUGUST ISSUE To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT MONITOR AUGUST ISSUEThis issue of the Monitor contains a follow-up to the ongoing debate over Dr Agrawal's article entitled 'Indigenous and scientific knowledge: some critical comments'. The debate began in the April issue of the Monitor.
Also in this issue you will find several articles that illustrate the complexity of indigenous knowledge: Environmental variability, IK and the use of rice varieties by Indah Setyawathi. How can ethnoveterinary medicine be used in field projects by Evelyn Mathias. Book review: Science of Pacific Island peoples Mulching in Burkina Faso by Maja Slingerland. Wiser use of land: Dam-fields in China by Xia Quan, Zhao Jun and Zhao Song-lin. Traditional herbal medicine for PHC by J.B.O. Aregbeyen. A sequel to the debate Communications
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