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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mohan, Aswathy
• Prasanna, Chitra Karunakaran
• Kovaleva, Marina
• Popkova, Elena
• Leal Filho, Walter

Titel

Indigenous Pokkali Farming in Kerala: A Sustainable Social-Ecological Model

Ist Teil von

• Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, p.107-123

Ort / Verlag

Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Global warming, population expansion and the growth in consumer demand for eco-friendly, chemical-free food products necessitate the adoption of sustainable farming methods all across the globe. Indigenous farming systems (IFS) are regarded as one of the most sustainable farming method across the world. In addition to livelihood generation for traditional communities, the agricultural systems open up a larger socio-ecological dynamic, which is critical to any sustainability-oriented development discourse and governance. Pokkali farming system is an Indigenous Farming System (IFS) involving organic rice and shrimp cultivation in Kerala, the southernmost state in India. Pokkali wetland system, part of Vembanad Kole, a Ramsar site, is home for numerous flora and fauna and hence known for its socio-ecological interface and multiple ecological, climatic and social services. Indigenous farming knowledge involving farming practices in saline and waterlogged conditions, nutrient and water management etc. is associated with the Pokkali system for generations. The paper explores the various social and ecological functions of the farming system along with the policy ramifications which reinforces it as a sustainable social-ecological model. The paper ends by emphasizing the need of sustaining the Pokkali farming system and its linkages to the efforts for national and international wetland conservation and development.