Weaving indigenous agricultural knowledge with formal education to enhance community food security : school competition as a pedagogical space in rural Anchetty, India

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2016

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Informa UK Limited

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In communities from the remote rural regions of Anchetty, young learners’ informal learning experiences often come through interactions with local agriculture and the environment in which they and their families work and learn. These informal learning experiences are essential to what are otherwise called ‘indigenous knowledge systems’. For primary school students in Anchetty, the ways in which they engage in learning community-based agricultural knowledge are challenged by school-based formal education processes. Using a school competition as a pedagogical strategy for integrative space, this paper supports and explores the meaning and characteristics of indigenous agricultural knowledge (IAK).

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INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE, MILLET, COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY, INDIA, INFORMAL LEARNING

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Shukla, S.Barkman, J., & Patel, K. (2016). Weaving indigenous agricultural knowledge with formal education to enhance community food security: school competition as a pedagogical space in rural Anchetty, India. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 1-17. doi:10.1080/14681366.2016.1225114

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