Traditional ecoagricultural practices: yesterday and today
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This paper examines some ethno-ecological traditional farming practices developed by peasant groups and focuses on a specific section of Bourdieu's concept of the habitus and on the perceptions of the triad of God, Man and Nature, as discussed by Klaas Woortmann. In the light of the principles and concepts such as the one described herein as "it is not safe to drink water that has been left out in the sun for an extended period of time", new practices have been adopted with the purpose of conservation and protection of water resources: for instance, whenever possible, communities were given the responsibility to protect gallery forests, promoting conservation and tree planting in the vicinities of the wells and fountains, and so forth. These traditional groups maximize the efficient use of natural resources by adopting the winter cover crops, assessing the adequacy/compatibility between soil type and food variety, and so forth. Other issues regarding the relationship between customs and practices for environmental preservation and reforestation were also discussed.
Keywords: Ethno-ecological Practices, Agricultural Production Process,
Rituals and Reforestation.
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