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Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience

土著粮食系统、生物文化遗产和农业复原力

基本信息

批准号：
AH/T004371/1
负责人：
Krystyna Swiderska
金额：
$ 22.28万
依托单位：
International Institute for Environment and Development
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FT004371%2F1
关键词：
Indigenous food systems biocultural heritage

项目摘要

The world's 370-500 million indigenous peoples are amongst the poorest and most food insecure. IIED and partners have been conducting research on indigenous farming systems and traditional knowledge in Kenya, India and China, without humanities inputs or training. This project aims to expand this existing partnership of agriculture and sustainability researchers and NGOs to include humanities and interdisciplinary academics. The new partnership will develop novel interdisciplinary approaches to explore indigenous food systems, past and present, from farm to plate, including crops, processing and cuisine. It will design new research methods that use ethnobotany and oral histories alongside agricultural surveys, as well as information from historical and archaeological sources. The areas of research are: (i) the Rabai community, Mijikenda tribe in coastal Kenya; (ii) the Lingsey and Lingseykha communities (Lepcha and Limbu people) in the Himalayas, West Bengal, NE India; (iii) the Naxi people in the Stone Village area of Yunnan, SW China. These areas have a rich diversity of traditional crops which are adapted to local conditions and hence important for agricultural resilience; but many of these crops have declined in recent decades, becoming minor, and associated traditional knowledge is rapidly disappearing. A key driver of change is the spread of modern high-yielding varieties promoted by agricultural research and extension services. The new research is expected to generate evidence of the long-term use of certain traditional crops which suggests suitability for local agricultural contexts, to inform agricultural researchers and policy makers, and community crop choices.The project will also establish a wider global network on indigenous food systems bringing together the new partnership, other UK humanities and agriculture experts, FAO, and international and indigenous experts working on indigenous food systems. The network will connect researchers working largely in disciplinary and sectoral silos and using very different approaches, to jointly identify and develop new areas of interdisciplinary research critical for addressing the food systems challenges of indigenous peoples in developing countries.The project has 3 main objectives, each of which forms a work package: 1. Establish a new cross-sector research partnership and network on indigenous food systems, linking interdisciplinary academics with agricultural and sustainability researchers and policy makers in the UK and LMICs and globally (FAO). A workshop will be held in the UK to bring together these actors, take stock of research to date on the role of indigenous food systems in resilience, nutrition and sustainability, and identify key areas for further interdisciplinary research. The workshop will also begin to develop interdisciplinary approaches for research on indigenous food systems in the study communities in Kenya, India and China.2. Co-design new interdisciplinary research approaches and develop interdisciplinary capacity to explore indigenous food and farming systems past and present, and from farm to plate. Local workshops will be held in each country to develop new approaches tailored to each local context in collaboration with indigenous communities, agricultural researchers and policy makers and local humanities experts. Ethnobotanical questionnaires will be developed collaboratively and tested by local partners.3. Advocate the importance of using traditional agricultural knowledge, crops and landscapes to create strategies for agricultural resilience. The results will be used to prepare workshop reports in English and local languages; a journal article; and a project proposal for future in-depth research in the 3 sites. The results will also be presented at international policy meetings on sustainable development, biodiversity and culture, and at DFID. They will be disseminated more widely through a blog and a news story.

世界上3.7亿至5亿土著人民是最贫穷和粮食最不安全的群体。环发研究所及其合作伙伴一直在肯尼亚、印度和中国开展关于土著农业系统和传统知识的研究，但没有人文投入或培训。该项目旨在扩大农业和可持续发展研究人员和非政府组织的现有伙伴关系，以包括人文和跨学科学者。新的伙伴关系将开发新的跨学科方法，探索过去和现在的土著食品系统，从农场到盘子，包括作物，加工和烹饪。它将设计新的研究方法，使用民族植物学和口述历史以及农业调查，以及来自历史和考古来源的信息。研究领域包括：（i）肯尼亚沿海地区的Rabai社区，Mijikenda部落;（ii）印度东北部西孟加拉喜马拉雅山脉的Lingsey和Lingseykha社区（Lepcha和Limbu人）;（iii）中国西南部云南省Stone Village地区的纳西族。这些地区有丰富多样的传统作物，它们适应当地条件，因此对农业复原力很重要;但近几十年来，其中许多作物产量下降，成为次要作物，相关的传统知识正在迅速消失。变化的一个关键驱动力是农业研究和推广服务促进的现代高产品种的推广。这项新研究预计将提供某些传统作物长期使用的证据，表明它们适合当地农业环境，为农业研究人员和政策制定者以及社区作物选择提供信息。该项目还将建立一个更广泛的土著粮食系统全球网络，将新伙伴关系、其他英国人文和农业专家、粮农组织、以及从事土著食物系统工作的国际和土著专家。该网络将把主要从事学科和部门工作并采用不同方法的研究人员联系起来，共同确定和发展对解决发展中国家土著人民粮食系统挑战至关重要的新的跨学科研究领域。建立一个新的跨部门研究伙伴关系和土著粮食系统网络，将跨学科学者与英国和中低收入国家以及全球的农业和可持续发展研究人员和决策者联系起来。将在英国举办一个研讨会，将这些行为者聚集在一起，评估迄今为止关于土著粮食系统在复原力，营养和可持续性方面的作用的研究，并确定进一步跨学科研究的关键领域。讲习班还将开始为肯尼亚、印度和中国的研究社区的土著食物系统研究制定跨学科方法。共同设计新的跨学科研究方法，并发展跨学科能力，以探索过去和现在的土著食品和农业系统，从农场到盘子。将在每个国家举办当地研讨会，与土著社区、农业研究人员和政策制定者以及当地人文专家合作，开发适合每个当地情况的新方法。民族植物学调查问卷将由当地合作伙伴合作开发和测试。宣传利用传统农业知识、作物和景观来制定农业抗灾战略的重要性。研究结果将用于编写英文和当地语文的讲习班报告;一篇期刊文章;以及一份今后在这三个地点进行深入研究的项目提案。研究结果还将在有关可持续发展、生物多样性和文化的国际政策会议以及英国国际发展部上公布。将通过博客和新闻报道更广泛地传播这些信息。