Fbae Logo
Home | | Support Us | Contact Us
Goals & Objectives Our Position False Propaganda Special Topics Important Publications Important Links Events news Biosafety
Fbae Header Home

NEWS

 

 

 
Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY,
AMES, IOWA

CIKARD Summary
The Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD) at Iowa State University focuses its activities on preserving and using the local knowledge of farmers and other rural people around the globe. CIKARD was established at Iowa State University in October 1987 as part of ISU's Technology and Social Change Program. Its goal is to collect indigenous knowledge and make it available to development professionals and scientists. CIKARD concentrates on indigenous knowledge systems (such as local soil taxonomies), decision-making systems (such as knowledge of which crops are best suited to particular types of soils), organizational structures (such as farmers problem-solving groups), and innovations (such as local methods for pest control).

CIKARD's activities and current programs are based on the following objectives: (1) to act as a global clearinghouse for collecting, documenting, and disseminating information on indigenous knowledge of agriculture, natural resource management, and rural development; (2) to develop cost-effective and reliable methodologies for recording indigenous knowledge; (3) to conduct training programs and design materials on indigenous knowledge for extension and other development workers; (4) to conduct interdisciplinary research on indigenous knowledge systems; (5) to promote the establishment of regional and national indigenous knowledge resource centers; and (6) to formulate agricultural and natural resource management policies and design technical assistance programs based on indigenous knowledge.

CIKARD Locations
CIKARD
318 Curtiss Hall
Iowa Sate University
Ames, Iowa 50011
USA
Tel: 1-515-294-0938
Telex: 283359 IASU UR
Bitnet: S2.DMW@ISUMVS
Fax: 1-515-294-6058

CIKARD Datasets/Resources
In the fall of 1988, a documentation unit and library was formally established as a part of CIKARD, to serve the Center in its effort to record, analyze, and disseminate indigenous knowledge for agriculture and rural development. One major objective of the unit is to identify and acquire all relevant literature and ethnographic descriptions on indigenous knowledge and associated disciplines from worldwide sources. All of CIKARD's holdings have been catalogued using bibliographic software to allow easy retrieval of materials.

Datasets from other organizations containing environmental, earth science, and global change information can be located through CIESIN's Gateway.

Related Organizations
CIKARD is one constituent of a Global Network of Indigenous Knowledge Resource Centers. At the global level CIKARD is joined by the Center for International Research and Advisory Networks (CIRAN) and the Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Program (LEAD). Regional Centers have been established in Africa through the African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (ARCIK) and in Asia through the Regional Program for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge in Asia (REPPIKA). In addition, national indigenous knowledge resource centers are located in Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Nigeria, Uruguay, Cameroon, South Africa, and Madagascar.

Information about other Information Cooperative partner organizations may be located through CIESIN's Organizational Guides.

CIKARD Contacts
Dr. D. Michael Warren
Director
CIKARD
318 Curtiss Hall
Iowa Sate University
Ames, Iowa 50011
USA
Tel: 1-515-294-0938
Fax: 1-515-294-605
 
Related News Articles
 

Bt-corn does not harm biodiversity

Countering insect resistance with designer Bt toxins

ICGEB receives grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen and expand biosafety systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Policy on the transfer of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) from Asia to Africa by the WorldFish Center

Rules on marketing GM produce face review

EU ministers to debate Bayer's GM cotton, soybeans

EU's legal labyrinth of GMO legislation

BRAZIL APPROVES SYNGENTA'S INSECT-RESISTANT Bt11

The latest issue of Plant Physiology (July 2008; Volume 147, Issue 3) has a special section on next generation of biotech crops especially on nutritional improvement.  These papers can
be downloaded free!

Influence of Transgenosis on the Plant-Insect- Relationships, in Particular on Chemically       Mediated Interactions

Effect of Transgenes Conferring Enhanced Pathogen Resistance on the Interaction with Symbiotic        Fungi in Rice

Impact on the Soil Ecosystem through Natural and Genetically Engineered Organisms:
      Effects, Methods and Definition of Damage as Contribution to Risk Assessment

The Decomposition of Bt-Corn on the Fields and its Impact on Earthworms and on other        Macroorganisms in the Soil

Environmental Post-market Monitoring of Bt-maize:
       Approaches to Detect Potential Effects on Butterflies and Natural Enemies

Columns by Dan Gardner

Against the Grains: 'The Terminator Hoax '

Decisions taken in the 84th Meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee

Brazilian Health Biotech: Fostering Crosstalk Between Public and Private Sectors

Biotechnology Related Article Appeared on 'Samyukta Karnataka' ( Regional Language )
S.B.Sulia
June 12, 2008.

Nothing Left to the Imagination

The Politics of GM Food
Kirit S Javali

Hi-tech seed factories: Sowing Seeds of Success

"Indian Seed Industry is Well Placed to Serve Both Domestic and International Markets"
Dr MK Sharma,
Managing Director,
Mahyco Monsanto

"If we Facilitate Seed Industry, we Facilitate Growth in Agriculture"
Dr Govind Garg,
Director,
R&D,
Krishidhan Seeds

Metagenomics: Window to the Microbial Universe

Few Checks to Prevent Entry of GM Food

Gene Campaign Criticises India’s ‘Silence’ at Global Bio-Safety Meet

An Enforceable International Compact for Infectious Diseases

"Indian Science in Genomics has been Able to Place Itself on the Global Map"

Indian Gene Decoded

The Development of RNAi as a Therapeutic Strategy

FAO E-Conference on Biotechnologies and Water Scarcity

Genetic Landscape

Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture

RH Nature Reviews Genetics 08- Opposition to Transgenic Technologies


Germany: Discussion Paper of German Ag-Industry about EU Biotech Policy Implications


Bt maize performance in Spain

Arsenic speciation varies with type of rice

Why I Am Bothered by Neo-Colonialist NGOs

China experts identify gene for yield, height in rice

The French government has called for a debate on the review of the EU
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has also repeatedly criticised the EU for "undue delays" in the authorisation of GMOs. See the latest WTO ruling:

The legal bans are in France, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Greece.

EU delays decision on approving more GM crops

UCR Geneticist Plays Scientific Advisor to Movie about “Love, Adventure and ... Genetically Modified Rice”

Gujrat worst-hit by illegal Bt cotton production

Farmers seek ban on GM crops

Call for policing
Ijaz Ahmed Rao discusses the virtues of a bio-safety framework for genetically modified crops, now that they have become farmers’ favourite


Stem cells: The 3-billion-dollar question


Genes as the solution

Food crisis spurs research spending


Global Food Crisis / UN / Bilingual Transcript of Statements by Secretary-General, Heads of Concerned Agencies, and Response to Questions at Press Conference on Global Food CrisisGM Crops, A World View

Mass Protests against GM Crops in IndiaInterference at the EPA

Open letter to Robert B. Zoellick, President, World BankNew BT variety may push short staple cotton output.

The future of agricultural biotechnology: Creative, destruction, adoption, or irrelevance? ICABR Conference 2008

Soaring food prices and global grain shortages are bringing new pressures on governments, food companies and consumers to relax their longstanding resistance to genetically engineered crops.


Prof. Kameswara Rao and Dr. T.M. Manjunath's Participation in 2008 Biotech Activities

Scrutinizing Industry-Funded Science: The Crusade Against Conflicts of Interest

LEADER: Nurturing nanotech


Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development


Scientists find potential schistosomiasis treatment

Islamic conference boosts S&T with new resolutions

Mexico publishes GM approval guidelines


Uganda 'close to stamping out Hib meningitis'


New method 'prevents spread of GM plants'


Social factors 'help women with post-tsunami stress'


Women scientists celebrated in new charter


Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 13–25 March

Brazil creates US$18 million fund for young scientists


Health weeks 'powerful tools' for deworming children


Rotavirus vaccine, not treatment, 'cheaper for Panama'