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Indigenous knowledge and practices of Tengal Kachari women in sustainable management of bari system of farming [1]

The Thengal-Kacharis, belonging to the Boro-Kachari ethnic groups are one of the most ancient inhabitants of Assam with rich tradition and cultural history. The bari or homestead gardening has had great significance from the point of conservation, consumption and management of biodiversity. Women of this community have played a key role in sustainable use of bari bioresources through various practices and knowledge systems that have been passed from generation to generation. In the paper, the crops diversity and their arrangement in a Thengal Kachari

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Madhumita Barooah [2], Ajit Pathak [3]
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge [4]
8
1
35
Tags:
North East [5], Agriculture [6], Home Gardens [7], Seeds [8], Vegetables [9], Food Storage [10], Kachari [11], Women [12], Traditional Knowledge [13], Biodiversity [14], Plant Biodiversity [15], Biodiversity Conservation [16], Assam [17]

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