Indigenous Knowledge Regarding Agricultural Practices among the Tharu tribe of Bahraich

Abstract

In recent decades an increased awareness has been observed of the failure of conventional agricultural practices to be effectively and equitably applied to the different types of zones in which agriculture is practiced. This has resulted in greater attention diverted to local or indigenous knowledge. The importance of indigenous knowledge can be understood when one realizes that there are no rice or wheat plants found lying around in the forests. What are found in the forests are wild plants out of which communities of men and women over generations have bred races of several food and cash crops. Thus the present study is based on indigenous knowledge of Tharus tribe of Bahraich