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Local ecological knowledge of coffee agroforestry farmers on earthworms and their relation to soil quality in East Java (Indonesia)

Mila Oktavia Mardiani; I. A. Kusumawati; E. Purnamasari; C. Prayogo; M. van Noordwijk; K. Hairiah

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity · 2022

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Abstract. Mardiani MO, Kusumawati IA, Purnamasari E, Prayogo C, van Noordwijk V, Hairiah K. 2022. Local ecological knowledge of coffee agroforestry farmers on earthworms and their relation to soil quality in East Java (Indonesia). Biodiversitas 23: 3344-3354. Farmers manage their land-based on their understanding of biotic and abiotic factors, including soils, and how these factors affect crop growth and productivity. Their local ecological knowledge (LEK) is built upon intergenerational transfer and can use concepts that don’t directly match those of current science-based ecological knowledge. We explored farmer LEK related to soil organic matter management and earthworms in coffee-based agroforestry systems on volcanic slopes in East Java (Indonesia) by in-depth interviews with key infor

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.13057/biodiv/d230705
Catalogue ID
NRmoef29zs-00k
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