Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era (eBook, ePUB)

A Natural and Applied Science Perspective
Redaktion: Katerere, David R.; Togo, Chamunorwa; Aboyade, Oluwaseyi M.; Applequist, Wendy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book expounds and explores the important contributions traditional and indigenous knowledge make to agriculture, human and animal health, food and nutrition, socioeconomic growth and sustainable development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 355
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351981781
• Artikelnr.: 57671089

Autorenporträt

David R. Katerere, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Wendy Applequist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri, USA Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa & Nutritica SA, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa Chamunorwa Togo, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface 1. Indigenous/Tribal Knowledges - definition and relevance
in the modern era 2. How research funding can drive the commercialization
of IK - based technologies: the case of SANBio 3. An Indian Perspective on
Contemporizing Tribal and Indigenous Medical Knowledge 4. Tribal and
Indigenous Knowledge in West Africa: the Use of Food Plants in the
Management of Diabetes 5. Traditional and Local Knowledge Systems in the
Caribbean: Jamaica as a case study 6. Indigenous knowledge systems:
practices in modern-day China 7. Kampo Medicine 8. Back to the Future - the
Prospects of African Indigenous Crops as Future Foods 9. The role of
traditional health practitioners in modern health care systems 10.
Interrogating the framework for the regulation of complementary medicines
in South Africa 11. Animal Health and Indigenous Knowledge Systems 12.
Local ecological knowledge on climate prediction and adaptation:
agriculture-wildlife interface perspectives from Africa 13. Food and
Nutrition Innovation in the Context of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 14.
Hurdles in commercialization of tribal and indigenous knowledge-derived
technologies 15. The state of traditional leadership in South Africa from
colonialism and apartheid to democracy 16. A brief survey of early
indigenous knowledge which influenced modern agronomic practices 17.
Applications of Indigenous Knowledges in the 21st Century Index