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There&#8217;s a rich oral history of African rice in Maroon communities, but that doesn&#8217;t mean either the traditional knowledge or diversity of the crop is safe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12231-024-09624-y\">The Invisible Tropical Tuber Crop: Edible Aroids (Araceae) Sold as \u201cTajer\u201d in the Netherlands<\/a>. Another example of traditional knowledge on crops surviving far from their home.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12231-024-09600-6\">Rethinking Pliny\u2019s \u201cSicilian Crocus\u201d: Ecophysiology, Environment, and Classical Texts<\/a>. There might have been two distinct saffron species in ancient Sicily. Another way of recovering traditional knowledge is by reading ancient texts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13280-024-02121-5\">Trees, terraces and llamas: Resilient watershed management and sustainable agriculture the Inca way<\/a>. The sedimentary record can be used to recover traditional knowledge too. No word on what ancient text have to say, but I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s something.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/ppp3.10576\">Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters<\/a>. Sometimes traditional knowledge can use a helping hand from scientists. And vice versa.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2413764121\">Interdisciplinary insights into the cultural and chronological context of chili pepper (<em>Capsicum annuum<\/em> var. <em>annuum<\/em> L.) domestication in Mexico<\/a>. About the only thing that&#8217;s missing here is traditional knowledge.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/elementa\/article\/12\/1\/00104\/202996\/Afro-Indigenous-harvests-Cultivating-participatory\">Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico<\/a>.<br \/>\nMakes one wish these authors had been involved in the pepper study above.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s44264-024-00038-w\">Tradeoffs between the use of improved varieties and agrobiodiversity conservation in the Sahel<\/a>. The effect of improved varieties on local landraces (and presumably associated traditional knowledge) is different for pearl millet and groundnut, and for Mali and Niger.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-08448-z\">Illuminating the multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries<\/a>. I&#8217;m sure lots of traditional knowledge is involved.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/ad8c66\">Satellite imagery reveals widespread coconut plantations on Pacific atolls<\/a>. They could have just asked the small-scale fisherfolk, but ok.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mystery of Black Rice: Food, Medicinal, and Spiritual Uses of Oryza glaberrima by Maroon Communities in Suriname and French Guiana. There&#8217;s a rich oral history of African rice in Maroon communities, but that doesn&#8217;t mean either the traditional knowledge or diversity of the crop is safe. 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