Indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) regarding agriculture and household practiced by the farmers in Reddypalem village of Kuthur Mandal of Telangana

Abstract

Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) is local knowledge of community that is being used from generation to generation by the members of that community for agriculture, food production, food preservation and health etc. ITKs are plentiful in rural community and these are easy and its application iseconomic. ITK is acquired by the local people through practice, informal experiment and understanding of local climatic conditions.By this background, present study was conducted in Ranga Reddy district with the objective to documentationof Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Reddypalem village of Kothur mandal in Ranga Reddy. Data was collected from farmers of Reddypalem village with the help of well structured questionnaire and group discussion. We documented many ITKs in Reddypalem village for example application of neem leaves for storing pulse grains and poultry and goat manure for improving soil fertility.