Indigenous climate knowledge in southern Uganda: the multiple components of a dynamic regional system
Indigenous climate knowledge in southern Uganda: the multiple components of a dynamic regional system
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乌干达南部的本土气候知识：动态区域系统的多个组成部分
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2010
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A. Majugu
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B. Orlove;C. Roncoli;Merit R. Kabugo;A. Majugu
乌干达南部的农民寻求信息，以预测降水时间和数量的年际变化，这对他们非常重要，因为他们依靠雨水灌溉农业获得粮食供应和收入。他们的知识体系的四个主要组成部分是：（1）长期熟悉的降水和温度的季节模式，（2）一套当地传统的气候指标，（3）气象事件的观察，（4）有关该地区其他地方季节进展的信息。我们检查这些组件，并显示它们之间的连接。我们讨论了这些信息被感知、评估、讨论和应用的社会背景，并考虑了支持使用这些信息的文化框架。这种本土知识体系引导农民作为代理人和消费者参与利用现代气候科学来规划和适应气候变异性和气候变化的计划。
Farmers in southern Uganda seek information to anticipate the interannual variability in the timing and amount of precipitation, a matter of great importance to them since they rely on rain-fed agriculture for food supplies and income. The four major components of their knowledge system are: (1) longstanding familiarity with the seasonal patterns of precipitation and temperature, (2) a set of local traditional climate indicators, (3) observation of meteorological events, (4) information about the progress of the seasons elsewhere in the region. We examine these components and show the connections among them. We discuss the social contexts in which this information is perceived, evaluated, discussed and applied, and we consider the cultural frameworks that support the use of this information. This system of indigenous knowledge leads farmers to participate as agents as well as consumers in programs that use modern climate science to plan for and adapt to climate variability and climate change.