The Importance Of Indigenous Knowledge

farmers because they are resource poor to provide costly inputs for enhancing yield. However, the organic farming is low cost, eco-friendly, livelihood security and employment-oriented activity (Dubey Kumar Rajesh 2013).

Majority of the rural dwellers prefer their traditional life and worldviews about their livelihoods. In a way to support people centred sustainable development, indigenous inclusive knowledge must be put in practice. Realistically, the objective of sustainable rural development cannot be achieved without implying the local perception of development held by the indigenous people of a particular community. Indigenous peoples have to be the ultimate recipients of the progress but this has to be done without threatening the indigenous

To better understand organic farming practices and sustainable livelihood development in indigenous communities, indigenous knowledge must be acknowledged. Indigenous communities generate indigenous knowledge over time, to allow them to understand and cope with their particular agro-ecological and socio-economic environment (Brouwers, 1993). There is general agreement that the concepts ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ (IK), ‘Traditional Knowledge’, ‘Local Knowledge’, ‘Community Knowledge’ and Rural People’s Knowledge are all terms for the knowledge belonging to grass root people. The term indigenous knowledge denotes a type of knowledge that has evolved within the community and it is passed from one generation to another. ‘Indigenous knowledge (IK) refers to the unique, traditional, local knowledge existing within and developed around the specific conditions of women and men indigenous to a particular

Of course, local people 's livelihoods and even survival often depend on local and regional natural resources (e.g., Whittingham et al, 2003; Fisher & IUCN, 2005). Organic farming helps to conserve resources not only in the humid tropics, but also in the arid tropics: soils in the arid tropics vary widely according to the climatic and geological conditions. It envisages a comprehensive management approach to improve soil health, the ecosystem of the region and the quality of produce. It includes all agricultural systems that promote environmentally sound production of food and fibres. These systems take local soil fertility as a key to successful production, by respecting the natural capacity of plants, animals and the landscape; they aim to optimize quality in all aspects of agriculture and environment. Much evidence has indicated that organic farming rejuvenates natural resources & re-in lives mother earth that provide a variety of benefits to the