Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
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Table 49: Types of IK, key players and Challenges<br />
Sector Types of IK Form<br />
(oral,music,arti<br />
Livestock Use of<br />
plant<br />
extracts to<br />
treat<br />
various<br />
human and<br />
animal<br />
ailments eg<br />
Aloe Vera<br />
Agriculture -Treatment<br />
of crop pest<br />
and<br />
diseases<br />
-Soil<br />
Conservatio<br />
n<br />
(Loglines,tr<br />
ashlines<br />
etc)<br />
-Value<br />
addition of<br />
traditional<br />
food crops<br />
fact)<br />
Instructions/individual<br />
s holding knowledge<br />
Oral Traditional<br />
practitioners<br />
-Oral<br />
-Music<br />
-old men/women<br />
instructors<br />
-practitioners ie<br />
farmers or farm<br />
workers<br />
76<br />
Access<br />
conditions/polic<br />
y<br />
Not readily<br />
accessible<br />
-available during<br />
farm work<br />
-Consultation<br />
15.5 Constraints/Challenges in utilization/documentation<br />
Indigenous Knowledge (IK)<br />
o Bias and preference of modern technologies<br />
o Inadequate /lack of proper documentation of IKs<br />
o Lack of scientific studies to validate these technologies<br />
o Only very few people have the knowledge<br />
o Materials used not readily available<br />
o Dosage and amounts not known<br />
o There is a weakness in passing of knowledge from old to new generation hence<br />
eroding Indigenous knowledge.<br />
Table 50: proposed interventions<br />
No. Prioritized<br />
issues/<br />
challenges<br />
Current<br />
Intervention<br />
Proposed<br />
intervention in the<br />
plan period (2006-<br />
Responsible<br />
institution<br />
Users<br />
Public<br />
Public<br />
Remarks
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