Identification of indigenous technical knowledges (ITKs) as climate smart agriculture (CSA) technology
Sabrina Imrose, Md. Matiul Islam
, Mohammad Bashir Ahmed
Abstract: Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) is the rural people’s basic knowledge, which provides sufficient information for the decision-making of the small and marginal farmers, that helps in social upliftment. The focus of the study was to identify Indigenous Technical Knowledges (ITKs) as Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technology. The study was conducted at Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat district with purposively selected 110 respondents and data were collected from the sampled respondents through personal interviews using an interview schedule. Results showed that the majority (53.6%) of the respondents were in the medium use category of ITKs. The respondents used fifty-one ITKs to a different extent in which ‘Soaking vegetable seeds in water for better germination’ was obtained as the highest extent (90.30%), followed by ‘Feeding molasses and table salt to cattle. On the other hand, ‘A mixture of catechu and haritaki (Terminalia chebula) extract in the water to protect fertilized eggs from damage’ was observed as the lowest extent (1.82%). Knowledge of ITKs’ had a significant positive correlation with the use of ITKs. Farmers had severe problems regarding the use of ITKs (79.1%) and ‘Preference of farmers for sophistication with reliance on readymade inputs’ ranked first among the identified 15 problems. Farmers perceived that the suitability of ITK-related solutions was medium and first position was ranked by the solution against ITK-related problems ‘ITKs should be used combined with environment-friendly modern techniques to get solutions of almost all situations.’ So, the adoption of ITKs as CSA technology is very crucial to overcome the challenges of the climate-changing world.
Keywords: Adoption; constraints; CSA technology; indigenous practices
Citation: Imrose, S., Islam, M. M. & Ahmed, M. B. (2025). Identification of indigenous technical knowledges (ITKs) as climate smart agriculture (CSA) technology. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 31(2), 283–294.
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| Date published: 2025-04-28
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