Review of indigenous knowledge in Uganda: implications for its promotion

Tabuti, John R. S.; Damme, Patrick Van

doi:10.21825/af.v25i1.4961

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“…However it was beyond the scope of this study to include an in-depth analysis on the status of traditional knowledge and how it differs between urban and rural communities. Nonetheless it is worth mentioning that Tabuti (2012) found that in Uganda, cultural taboos and scepticism regarding the use of wild medicinal plants outside the local community, cause those who can afford it to choose allopathic medicine over traditional treatment methods (Tabuti and Damme, 2012). A finding that indicates that in cities, whose residents are often "outside the local community", people shun traditional treatment methods in favour of allopathic medicine.…”

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“…While the use of wild plants still has an important role in peoples' livelihoods through traditional medicines and food culture, it is important to understand where in the urban and peri-urban environment wild plant collection takes place in order for public policy to incorporate the land use practice in its designs, including the food security agenda. In addition to understanding the characteristics of urban collection -the who, where and whenit is important to understand how collection of wild plants is perceived, as public perception can be an important determining factor (Tabuti and Damme, 2012). For example, if collection of wild plants is a socially accepted practice, it can form a driver in conducting the practice, while a negative view may inhibit people to collect wild plants, at least in plain sight.…”

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Into the urban wild: Collection of wild urban plants for food and medicine in Kampala, Uganda

2017

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In sub-Saharan Africa, many people depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. While urbanisation causes landscape changes, little is known of how this process affects the use of wild plant resources by urban populations. This study contributes to addressing this knowledge gap by exploring the prevalence and determinants of urban collectors of wild plants in Kampala, Uganda. During February to August 2015, 93 structured interviews were conducted in inner, outer, and peri-urban areas of the city. The findings in this study show that urban wild plants are used by almost half (47%) of the respondents, mainly for medicinal purposes but also as a complement to diets. The findings further indicate that residents with lower income, of younger age (<51 years old), and predominantly living in peri-urban areas are more likely to be urban collectors. Seasonality appears to be of greater importance in collection of food plants than of medicinal plants. Overall, these findings indicate that wild plants occupy an important role in the livelihoods and traditions of Kampala's residents, and we argue that this should be taken into account in urban planning projects. Highlights-We explored the prevalence and determinants of urban wild plant collection in Kampala.-Nearly half of the respondents collected urban wild plants.-Predictive variables of wild plant collectors are wealth status, age and location.-The majority of wild plants collected are used as medicine.-Food plant collection appears to be more seasonal.

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Into the urban wild: Collection of wild urban plants for food and medicine in Kampala, Uganda

2017

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“…Several traditional foods from different communities have been analyzed for presence of relevant bioactive compounds and biological activities (Buřičová and Réblová, 2008;D'Antuono et al, 2010;Heinrich et al, 2005Heinrich et al, , 2006 and such investigations have provided scientific evidence and validation for health claims of the different traditions. In Uganda, many foods are traditionally believed to provide medicinal benefits (Rubaihayo, 2002;Tabuti and Van Damme, 2012). However, there is inadequate scientific evidence for the ascribed medicinal properties of these traditional foods.…”

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Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of selected Ugandan traditional medicinal foods

Brain¹,

John²

2014

Afr. J. Food Sci.

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Twenty one (21) traditional food plants recognized as medicinal by communities in Kamuli and Gulu districts in Uganda were identified and analyzed for their phytochemical content and antioxidant activity. The total phenolic content (2.6 ± 0.1 to 184.2 ± 6.4 mg GAE gDW-1) and flavonoid content (0.3 ± 0.1 to 162.2 ± 3.5 mg CE gDW-1) as well as antioxidant activity (0.1 ± 0.1 to 57.8 ± 0.5 mg VCE gDW-1) varied widely among the food plants. The seeds of Tamarindus indica L. and leaves of Ipomea eriocarpa R.Br., Corchorus trilocularis L., Ocimum suave L., Corchorus olitorius L., Acalypha bipartita Müll.Arg., and Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern showed the highest phenolic contents and antioxidant activities. Juice prepared from tamarind pulp alone or mixed with tamarind seed powder (0.5, 1 and 3%) and analyzed for sensory acceptability, phenolic content and anti-oxidant activity were found to be highly acceptable, recording an overall hedonic acceptability scores of 7.40 ± 0.4, 6.65 ± 0.3, 7.01 ± 0.1 and 5.34 ± 0.2, respectively on a nine-point scale for juice containing 0, 0.5, 1 and 3% seed powder. Incorporation of tamarind seed powder into tamarind pulp juice resulted in a dose dependent increase in antioxidant activity from 8.5 ± 0.2 mg VCE 100 ml-1 for the control to 12.05 ± 0.3, 15.33 ± 0.7 and 17.22 ± 0.7 mg VCE 100 ml-1 for tamarind juice containing 0.5, 1 and 3% seed powder, respectively. A similar trend was recorded for the total phenolic and flavonoids.

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“…Muwanga (2005) looked at Integrating Knowledge (IK) into Uganda's Poverty Eradication Action Plan. Others studies centered mainly on documentations and dissemination such as Akullo et al, (2007); Humba (2015); Tabuti & Van Damme (2012); Kaddu & Hamba (2016).…”

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Integrating Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge into Modern Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Rural Household Food Security in Uganda

Rwangire¹,

Muriisa²

2019

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Background to the Study Food security is an essential part of the international development agenda, as stated in the Rome Declaration of the World Food Summit in 1996 and reaffirmed by the participants in the World Food Summit five years later (FAO,1996 & FAO, 2001). The Millennium Declaration reflected the World Food Summit target by making hunger part of the first Millennium Development Goal (UN, 2009). UN has echoed food security once again by making it Goal number 2 of the 17 Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at the Rio+20 conference (UN, 2014). Food security is a fundamental human right (UN, 1997) and the most crucial of all basic needs (UN, 2009). It is upon this that 16 th October every year is World Food Day and the World Food Day theme for 2014 was Family Farming: "Feeding the world, caring for the earth" (FAO, 2014).This shows how food security continues to be a major global challenge and the need to address it especially in Sub Saharan Africa where the levels of food production are declining. The 2017 theme focused on investment in food security and rural development (FAO, 2017). Emphasis was put on combined strategies and application of indigenous knowledge being one the strategies. Any investment towards food security and rural development without considering IAK is likely to fail as (Brokensha, Slikkerveer, & Warren, 1995)put that ignoring people's knowledge is almost to ensure failure in development. Globally 2 billion people lack food security; about 1 billion people are hungry at any time in the world and of these 254 million people are found in

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Review of indigenous knowledge in Uganda: implications for its promotion

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Into the urban wild: Collection of wild urban plants for food and medicine in Kampala, Uganda

Into the urban wild: Collection of wild urban plants for food and medicine in Kampala, Uganda

Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of selected Ugandan traditional medicinal foods

Integrating Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge into Modern Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Rural Household Food Security in Uganda

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