INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Agricultural Biodiversity, Participatory Action Research, Land Degradation
23 Jan 2013
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Relig sys imp instit for natural resource management. Where temples, shrines placed + how priests involved in managing water. + hydrology was extremely imp for productivity of entire sys. Temples based @top of water shed, further downstream, smaller temples. Ea/of these smaller temples had grp of farmers assoc w/them (subaks) Subaks: association of farmers that share water fr/single source. Temple priest help manage how water is shared b/w diff rice fields. Water in rice fields imp b/c microbial diversity, getting rid of weeds, pests, keeping ph of soil, nutrients in soil, soil chemistry. Hydrology, irrigation, pest management, rice paddy ecology. Mgmt sys not separate fr/relig sys part of holistic way of understanding, mnging environ. Can"t separate the two, s/times missing ppls understandings of how crops are produced, environ changing, how livelihoods are affected that incorp things beyond own worldview. Impact of green revolution on bali rice cultivation system. Indonesian gov heavily promoted new high yielding rice varieties.
