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Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Sheep Dairy Products and Management(Case study: Takor village, Noor city)

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    • Mostafa Firuzruz 1
    • Mahdi Ghorbani 2
    • Reza Erfanzadeh 3

    1 MSc. Student, Rangeland Management Department, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran.

    2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran.

    3 Associate Professor, Rangeland Management Department, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran.

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Document Type : Research Paper

10.22059/jrwm.2016.61508
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Abstract

Indigenous knowledge of each land is the manner of understanding and attitude of people towards world that shows the outcome of ancestors' experiences for years on optimal utilization of resources around human beings. Emphasis on technology transition and disregard for indigenous knowledge cause not only destroys the relationship between humans and the environment, but also causes disruption in sustainable development programs. This research with the overview of some part of indigenous knowledge of the Baladeh region of Noor city, emphasizes on local traditions on manufacture and management of sheep dairy products in Takor village. The study method of this research is based on filed studies, that qualitative methods including directs observations, cooperative observation and organized interviews with target groups have been used to generate information and data. The results of this research include analysis of pastoralists’ knowledge for livestock management and evaluation of different aspects of milk derivatives processing and dispensation in the form of traditional cooperatives named “Ayargiri” and “Shakhupi”. Based on the research results can be stated that pastoralists in the study village have found a social organization based on local traditions and customs toward dairy products management. This organization will be a kind of social capital for stakeholders. Eventually, it can be stated that stability of subsistence economy of residents in the study area depends on sustainability and improvement of social cohesion and capital in social network of rangeland utilizers

Keywords

  • Local traditions
  • Indigenous Knowledge
  • Takor village
  • Ayargiri
  • Social cohesion
  • Shakhupi
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Journal of Range and Watershed Managment
Volume 69, Issue 3
December 2016
Pages 661-676
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  • Receive Date: 21 May 2014
  • Revise Date: 26 August 2014
  • Accept Date: 02 September 2014
  • First Publish Date: 21 November 2016
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Firuzruz, M., Ghorbani, M., & Erfanzadeh, R. (2016). Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Sheep Dairy Products and Management(Case study: Takor village, Noor city). Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 69(3), 661-676. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2016.61508

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Mostafa Firuzruz; Mahdi Ghorbani; Reza Erfanzadeh. "Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Sheep Dairy Products and Management(Case study: Takor village, Noor city)". Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 69, 3, 2016, 661-676. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2016.61508

HARVARD

Firuzruz, M., Ghorbani, M., Erfanzadeh, R. (2016). 'Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Sheep Dairy Products and Management(Case study: Takor village, Noor city)', Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 69(3), pp. 661-676. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2016.61508

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Firuzruz, M., Ghorbani, M., Erfanzadeh, R. Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Sheep Dairy Products and Management(Case study: Takor village, Noor city). Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 2016; 69(3): 661-676. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2016.61508

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