Vol. 13 No. 2
Exploration and appraisal of indigenous agricultural knowledge practiced by Garo tribal farmers in North-Eastern Himalayan region of India
Author(s): B. LAHIRI, A. K SANGMA, B. R MARAK AND S. M. SANGMA
Abstract: To identify and determine the efficacy of the indigenous agricultural knowledge (IAK) practiced by the Garo tribal farmer, information were collected from 12 Garo traditional healers (Ojhas) and 20 farmers having knowledge in traditional practices, from different villages of West Garo Hills and East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. Moreover, 120 farmers were also selected from the same two districts through exhaustive snowball sampling method and interviewed for the appraisal of the identified IAKs. Study revealed that out of nine identified IAKs, the practices namely, use of Capsicum frutescence (Bird’s eye chilli) to control fowl pox (72.50%), Premna latifolia (Dokime) as insect repellent (80.83%), Oryza sativa (Rice) with raw turmeric (Curcuma longa) to control fever in poultry birds (74.17%), Curcuma longa + Oryza sativa (Turmeric + Rice husk) to treat castrated animals (69.17%) were found to be effective as per appraisal of the respondents. Hence, proper extension strategy needs to be developed to validate and create awareness about these traditional knowledge and practices.
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