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Indigenous Soil Knowledge

Indigenous Soil Knowledge is a body of ecological understanding rooted in the traditional practices and intergenerational observations of Indigenous peoples, specifically encompassing their systematic perceptions of soil properties, classification, management, and sustainable use within local agroecological systems.

247

Publications

10.6K

Citations

754

Authors

307

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

51

Variants

Traditional Soil Knowledge

Parents

Publications

247

Soils: An Australian Viewpoint

Colin W. Mitchell · Journal of Arid Environments · 1984 · 458 citations

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Ethnopedology: a worldwide view on the soil knowledge of local people

Narciso Barrera-Bassols, J. A. Zinck · Geoderma · 2002 · 279 citations

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Appreciating Agrodiversity: A Look at the Dynamism and Diversity of Indigenous Farming Practices

Harold Brookfield, Christine Padoch · Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development · 1994 · 235 citations

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Breaking the Sod: Humankind, History, and Soil

John McNeill, Verena Winiwarter · Science · 2004 · 188 citations

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Early soil knowledge and the birth and development of soil science

Eric C. Brevik, Alfred E. Hartemink · CATENA · 2010 · 161 citations

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Authors

754

  1. JA
    J. A. Zinck

    University of Twente, Netherlands

    5 publications · 505 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. IS
    Ian Scoones

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 161 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. NB
    Narciso Barrera-Bassols

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    4 publications · 485 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. ÉV
    Éric Van Ranst

    Ghent University, Belgium

    3 publications · 182 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. JA
    Jonathan A. Sandor

    Iowa State University, United States

    3 publications · 270 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 754

Institutions

307

  1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    584 citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    783 citations

  3. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    280 citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    197 citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    112 citations

  6. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    216 citations

  7. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

    Lincoln, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

  8. Makerere University

    Kampala, Uganda

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    166 citations

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Venues

  1. Geoderma

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

    15

    h-index

  2. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

    5 publications · 319 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. Human Ecology

    6 publications · 296 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. Agroforestry Systems

    6 publications · 327 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Soil Use and Management

    5 publications · 243 citations

    5

    h-index

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