Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.2989/10220119.2018.1545698 |
Communal farmers’ ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications | |
Tefera, Solomon; Kwaza, Ayanda | |
通讯作者 | Tefera, Solomon |
来源期刊 | AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE
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ISSN | 1022-0119 |
EISSN | 1727-9380 |
出版年 | 2019 |
英文摘要 | The local ecological knowledge (LEK) and perceptions of grasses were investigated in six semi-arid communal areas in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa, and compared with field studies and scientific knowledge. Of the total of 21 grasses identified in the field survey, communal farmers had vernacular names only for 11 species. Respondents rated Digitaria eriantha and Pennisetum clandestinum to have the highest (p < 0.05) grazing value. Respondents’ ratings of Eragrostis obtusa and Sporobolus africanus as having similar (moderate) grazing values to Themeda triandra is against the established knowledge. Respondents’ ratings of T. triandra and S. africanus as having higher (p = 0.01) ecological value than the other grasses concur with the scientific knowledge, whereas their nomination of E. obtusa and D. eriantha as providing less ecological benefits than Aristida conjesta disagrees with some ecologists. The study hinted at the complementarity and discrepancies between LEK and scientific knowledge that need ratification. The respondents’ lack of detailed knowledge is suggestive of a gradual eroding of LEK among the local communities that will adversely impact the local people’s ability to implement sustainable rangeland utilisation practice. The current study also recognised farmers’ familiarity as well as training needs that would expound their knowledge and management of grasses. |
英文关键词 | communal grazing ecological value forage production grazing value semi-arid |
类型 | Article ; Early Access |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | South Africa |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000466092900001 |
WOS关键词 | SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ; LAND-USE ; MANAGEMENT ; RANGELAND ; VARIABILITY ; DEGRADATION ; DYNAMICS ; TRENDS |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/213927 |
作者单位 | Univ Ft Hare, Dept Livestock & Pasture Sci, Alice, South Africa |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tefera, Solomon,Kwaza, Ayanda. Communal farmers’ ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications[J],2019. |
APA | Tefera, Solomon,&Kwaza, Ayanda.(2019).Communal farmers’ ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications.AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE. |
MLA | Tefera, Solomon,et al."Communal farmers’ ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications".AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE (2019). |
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