Sustainable environmental resource utilisation: a case study of farmers’ ethnobotanical knowledge and rural change in Bungoma district, Kenya

Lado, Cleophas

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2004.03.002

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“…This is consistent with Lado's (2004) surveys of Kenyan farmers in which 87% of households were headed by males. In 1989, Bentley observed of small scale farmers in Honduras that there are often gaps between what he called "Indigenous Technical Knowledge" (which is now more commonly called Traditional Ecological Knowledge, or TEK) and Western scientific knowledge.…”

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Eucalyptus sp. at the Intersection of Environment and Culture in Kenya

Kluthe

Chen

2017

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Members of the genus Eucalyptus are popular on small farms throughout Kenya, and include species such as Eucalyptus saligna, Eucalpytus globulus, and Eucalyptus grandis. Although they are fast-growing and perform well on marginal land, these trees are associated with negative environmental effects in Africa and elsewhere they have been introduced. In-person surveys were conducted with small farmers in Kenya to determine patterns of Eucalyptus sp. stand use and cultural importance. It was found that despite acknowledged short and long term environmental consequences, Eucalyptus sp. remains popular for medium term economic investment. These findings are consistent with other reports of Eucalyptus sp. woodlots serving as funding sources for education, health emergencies, etc., in parts of the world where bank loans are unavailable. Further, it was found that some farmers are using modified silviculture practices to ameliorate the negative effects of Eucalyptus sp., and others are seeking indigenous alternatives.

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Eucalyptus sp. at the Intersection of Environment and Culture in Kenya

Kluthe

Chen

2017

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“…Any management model (e.g., Fig. 4) that seeks to address these 'least-known' resources and their environments need to be adaptive, with implementation based on a learning process that involves science, local culture and traditional nomenclature about resource use (Dovie, 2003;Lado, 2004). The impacts of population, poverty, food insecurity and markets, are proximate factors of resource use in local environments and need to be fully captured in resource planning and management.…”

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Conceptualizing the human use of wild edible herbs for conservation in South African communal areas

Dovie

Shackleton

Witkowski

2007

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…About 31% of households visited in the 2007 project census arrived in the past 10 years. Land sales seem to be accelerating and land size decreasing owing to rising land pressure throughout western Kenya (Conelly and Chaiken 2000;Lado 2004). Most farms are under three acres now due to subdivision, inheritance, inmigration, and resale.…”

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AIDS and kitchen gardens: insights from a village in Western Kenya

Murphy

2008

Popul Environ

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In rural Africa, indigenous farming and natural resource management systems exemplified by kitchen gardens are being reshaped by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its negative impacts (illness, stigma and mortality, and economic costs) and positive opportunities (organizational responses to the epidemic). Subtle changes in crops and farm techniques can be traced to these diverse influences of HIV+ infection, illness, mortality, widowhood, foster child care, and AIDS support groups, as well as the organizations, ideas, and flow of funding from outside. These findings draw on original field data: a village census, in-depth interviews with gardeners, and group discussions in a village in Bungoma District (in 2005 and 2007). This part of western Kenya is a typical small-farm zone that has faced a moderate HIV/AIDS epidemic since the 1990s, following decades of demographic, environmental, technological, and institutional changes. Implications of this case study for further research on HIV/AIDS and on micro-level population-environment change suggest that households are useful but imperfect analytical units and are best seen as part of complex social networks, shaping connections to markets. These important ''mediating institutions'' link AIDS as a demographic and economic force with environmental outcomes in cultivated landscapes.

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Sustainable environmental resource utilisation: a case study of farmers’ ethnobotanical knowledge and rural change in Bungoma district, Kenya

Cited by 26 publications

References 28 publications

Eucalyptus sp. at the Intersection of Environment and Culture in Kenya

Eucalyptus sp. at the Intersection of Environment and Culture in Kenya

Conceptualizing the human use of wild edible herbs for conservation in South African communal areas

AIDS and kitchen gardens: insights from a village in Western Kenya

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