How to integrate indigenous knowledge systems into modern science
Creatively bridging the gap between formality and informality will open avenues for connecting food supply and demand in more efficient ways that reduce losses.
By Charles Dhewa
12h ago
Using indigenous science to show the benefits of consuming indigenous food
Hotels, hospitals and other corporates that silently procure commodities from territorial markets should openly provide corporate support to these markets.
By Charles Dhewa
Jan. 29, 2025
Unlocking the promise of indigenous knowledge to combat climate change
As custodians of local resources including wetlands, chiefs should be consulted before boreholes are drilled.
By Charles Dhewa
Sep. 25, 2024
Exploring climate change as the universal language of communication
The indigenous knowledge systems are the traditional ecological knowledge that is community based and driven.
By Peter Makwanya
Sep. 16, 2024
Benefits of integrating food systems with education
Knowledge around appropriate food preservation technologies can be embedded at industrial parks occupied by the young generation who are attached to colleges and universities.
By Charles Dhewa
May. 8, 2024
‘Films can best explain climate change’
Zibusiso Condry Mabonisa — who is seeking funds for his next film, told Newsday Life & Style that, as a researcher specialising on IKS, African culture, tradition and norms, producing films
By Margaret Lubinda
Jan. 9, 2024
Of agroecology and related terminologies that hogged the limelight in 2023
As a proponent of agroecology, eMKambo has been seized with contextualising agroecology so that farming communities do not continue to see it as a foreign invention.
By Charles Dhewa
Dec. 20, 2023
Enriching climate change discourses with indigenous knowledge perspectives
Although largely undocumented, most African communities have traditionally protected IKS through their own structures such as capacities within the old generation.
By Charles Dhewa
May. 26, 2023
Enriching climate change discourse with indigenous knowledge perspectives
Fortunately, most rural African communities still have elders who can be considered generators, preservers and conveyors of IKS.
By Charles Dhewa
Apr. 26, 2023
