Research note: Evaluation of the reliability of local farmer knowledge in Namaqualand, South Africa
作者:
H.H. Hendricks,
F. van der Heyden,
期刊:
African Journal of Range & Forage Science
(Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 1-2
页码: 64-67
ISSN:1022-0119
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1080/10220119.1998.9647942
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Palatability;participatory rural appraisal;plant distribution patterns;stock farmers
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Local farmer knowledge of species distribution patterns and plant palatability in Namaqualand, South Africa, was assessed using Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques. These findings were compared with the results obtained using phytosociological techniques (species distribution), and with palatability indices published in the literature. It was found that farmers were knowledgeable of species distribution close to the settlement, but less so further away from the settlement. Farmer plant palatability rankings did not correlate well with the palatability indices found in the published literature, which suggests that palatability in semi‐arid regions are locality specific.
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