Indigenous technical knowledge for management of different pests in Lakhimpur district of Assam.
Rinjumoni Dutta
Author Affiliation: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Assam Agricultural University, Lakhimpur - 787 032, Assam, India.
Advances in Plant Sciences 26 : 429-433
Abstract : A field study was conducted to collect indigenous technical knowledge followed by farmers for the management of different pests at five villages in Lakhimpur district of Assam. Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) is the accumulated skill, technology of a locality or a community and has been passed on from one generation to another. There is a wide spread revival of studies on indigenous knowledge system with different synonyms namely local technical knowledge, traditional wisdom and informal research and development. The present study is an effort to gather Indigenous Technical Knowledges that are being followed by farmers of five villages of Lakhimpur district of Assam. The information was collected using both structured schedule and semi structured interview. The paper deals with various problems faced by farmers during cultivation of rice, vegetables, potato, ginger, citrus, mango, coconut as well as some storage problems. The percentage of farmers practicing different ITKs ranged from 40% to 80%. All these practices are economical, eco-friendly and low cost involvement. Identification of scientifically sound ITKs will be helpful to the scientists in technology blending programme.