BURCIK
Burkina Faso Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
(Centre Burkinabè de Recherche sur les Pratiques et Savoirs Paysans)
Dr Basga E. Dialla, Director (Correspondent)
INNS, B.P. 5154, Ouagadougou 02
Burkina Faso
Tel.: +226-360 746
Fax: +226-315 003
E-mail: emile_dialla@yahoo.fr

On 29 June 1999, BURCIK signed a cooperation agreement with the Africa Region Knowledge and Learning Center at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. (USA). BURCIK was asked to report 15 case studies related to indigenous knowledge in various domains. These were to be included in the IK database at the World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/datab.htm) There was a tight deadline but BURCIK succeeded in reporting 17 cases. With the USD 3000 it received for the job, BURCIK purchased a computer, which will enable it from now on to interact more easily with other IK resource centres. With pleasure, BURCIK announces its e-mail address: emile_dialla@yahoo.fr.
For the year 2000, BURCIK has received funds from the local institute for social sciences INSS in order to conduct research on how local farmers classify soils and manage natural resources.

Cameroon

CIKO
Cameroon Indigenous Knowledge Organisation
Prof. C.N. Ngwasiri, Director (Correspondent)
P.O. Box 8437, Yaoundé
Cameroon
Tel. / fax: +237-318 076
E-mail: ngwasiri@camnet.cm

Ethiopia

INRESC
Indigenous Resource Study Centre
Dr Tesema Ta’a, Director (Correspondent)
College of Social Sciences
Addis Ababa University
P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel. / Fax: +251-1-550 655

Ghana

CECIK
Centre for Cosmovisions and Indigenous Knowledge
Dr David Millar, Director (Correspondent)
P.O. Box 607
Bolga - U.E./R
Ghana
Tel. / fax: +233-72-235 00
E-mail: cecik@africaonline.com.gh (attention Dr David Millar)

GHARCIK
Ghana Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr M. Bonsu, Interim Director (Correspondent)
School of Agriculture
University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast
Ghana
Tel.: +233-42-2240-9/2480-9
Telex: 233-42-2552 UCC GH

Kenya

KENRIK
Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr Rashid Aman, Correspondent
The National Museums of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi
Kenya
Tel.: +254-2-742 131
Fax: +254-2-741 424
E-mail: raman@AfricaOnline.co.ke

Patrick M. Maundu of KENRIK reports that they are at the moment reorganizing the centre. He hopes that more news can be communicated in the next issue of the Monitor.
For the last eight years, KENRIK has been conducting research on the traditional food plants of Kenya. One outcome of this work is a database containing entries for more than 800 indigenous plant species that are used in one way or another for food: fruits, leafy vegetables, spices, teas, gums, resins, and other, more minor food products. Work on about 235 of these species has now been published in a book entitled Traditional food plants of Kenya. The book was launched on 15 October 1999 in the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) and is now available at KENRIK. (For the address, see above.) The particulars of the book are as follows: P.M. Maundu, G.W. Ngugi, and C.H.S. Kabuye (1999) Traditional food plants of Kenya. 270 pp. ISBN 9966-9861-4-6. The book contains:

• descriptions of 175 main species and some 60 minor species, with information on uses, distribution in Kenya and the rest of the world, ecology, commercial use, potential for domestication, and status of the species in the wild.
• over 500 illustrations
• 60 colour photographs
• over 4000 local plant names with their scientific equivalents
• a food-composition table
• a table of domesticated and marketed species
• a glossary of botanical terms
• a linguistic classification of Kenyan communities
• maps showing the distribution of the species within the administrative divisions, ethnic communities and agro-ecological zones of Kenya.

A review of Traditional food plants of Kenya will be published in a future issue of the Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor.

Madagascar

MARCIK
Madagascar Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Ms Juliette Ratsimandrava, Correspondent
c/o Centre d’Information et de Documentation Scientifique et Technique
B.P. 6224
Antananarivo 101
Madagascar
Fax: +261-2-32123/20422

Nigeria

ARCIK
African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Prof. D. Olu Ajakaiye, Director ARCIK (Correspondent)
Prof. S.O. Titilola, Research Coordinator
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)
PMB 5 – UI Post Office, Ibadan
Nigeria
Tel.: +234-22-400 500
Fax: +234-22-416 129 or +234-1-614 397
E-mail: arcik@niser.org.ng

CIKFIM
Centre for Indigenous Knowledge in Farm and Infrastructure Management
Dr G.B. Ayoola, Director (Correspondent)
Centre for Food and Agricultural Strategy
University of Agriculture
Private Mail Bag 2373, Makurdi
Nigeria
Tel.: + 234-44-533 204
Fax: +234-44-310 20 (box 5)

CIKPREM
Centre for Indigenous Knowledge on Population Resource and Environmental Management
Prof. D.S. Obikeze (Correspondent)
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nigeria

NIRCIK
Nigerian Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr J.O. Olukosi, Coordinator (Correspondent)
Institute for Agricultural Research
Ahmadu Bello University
PMB 1044, Zaria
Nigeria
Tel.: +234-69-50 571-4 Ext. 4322
Fax: +234-69-50 891/50 563

YORCIK
Yoruba Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Prof. Layi Egunjobi, Coordinator
Dr Bolanle Wahab, Correspondent
Centre for Urban and Regional Planning
University of Ibadan, Ibadan
Nigeria
E-mail: egunjobi.wahab@ibadan.skannet.com

In December 1999, YORCIK correspondent Dr Bolanle Wahab presented a paper at a national workshop organized by Afrique Environmental Development and Education (an international NGO) at the Premier Hotel, Ibadan (Nigeria). The title of his paper was ‘African traditional religion and environmental health and sanitation’.
YORCIK is holding a two-day conference in August 2000 at the Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. It will cover various aspects of Yoruba indigenous knowledge: Education, health and sanitation; Settlement planning and housing; Agriculture; Arts and crafts; Commerce; Governance; Cultural heritage; Music and dancing; Dressing; and Information and communication. Participants will include academics, researchers, civil servants, artisans, indigenous people, community leaders, students, journalists, and other persons who have an interest in Yoruba indigenous knowledge systems. The conference papers will be published as a book of proceedings and circulated globally. It is hoped that the conference will be funded in part by conference participants, and in part by international NGOs and other external agencies. Assistance will be required especially for the publication of the conference proceedings. YORCIK anticipates that the conference will bring it useful publicity and thus increase its membership.
On the second day of the conference, participants will be able to visit the grave of Dr D. Michael Warren if they wish. As many Monitor readers know, Dr Warren played a key role in establishing the worldwide movement to focus attention on indigenous knowledge. He was the founder of CIKARD in Iowa (US) and of YORCIK in Nigeria. He died while visiting Nigeria two years ago and is buried in Ara Town.
Further details about the conference will be announced in the next issue of the Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor.

Sierra Leone

CIKFAB
Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Fourah Bay College
Dr Dominic T. Ashley, Director (Correspondent)
Department of Sociology, Fourah Bay College
University of Sierra Leone, Freetown
Sierra Leone
Tel.: +232-22-7387

South Africa

SARCIK
South African Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Alwyn Dippenaar, Executive Director (Correspondent)
The Institute for Indigenous Theory and Practice
P.O. Box 2355, Somerset West
7129 South Africa
Tel.: +27-21-854 3299
E-mail: alewijn@iafrica.com

Tanzania

MARECIK-tz
Maasai Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr Nathan Ole Lengisugi, Director (Correspondent)
P.O. Box 14288 Total Building, India Road, Arusha
Tanzania
Tel.: +255-570 4229/8559
Mobile tel.: +255-0811 510 229
Fax: +255-570 4229
E-mail: multicho@yako.habari.co.tz

MARECIK-tz director Dr Nathan Ole-Lengisugi spent November and December of 1999 on the Usangu Plains of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania on a consulting assignment for DFID/ODA. He conducted research among the groups of pastoralists living there, which represent several ethnic groups. The research focused on how the groups use the land and catchment area.

Zimbabwe

ZIRCIK
ZIRCIK, the Zimbabwe Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
78 Kaguvi Street, New Book House
P.O.B. 4209, Harare
Zimbabwe
Mr Washington Chipfunde is ZIRCIK’s director and contact person. The contact address particulars are as follows:
Tel.: +263-4-781 770 / 1
Fax: +263-4-751 202
E-mail: bookhous@ZBMT.icon.co.zw

Asia

Bangladesh

BARCIK
Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Sukanta Sen, Director (Correspondent)
Integrated Action Research and Development - IARD
3/7 Block-D, Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207
Bangladesh
Tel.: +:88 02-91-32 372
Fax: +88-02-811-55 48
E-mail: iard@bdonline.com

The second national workshop on indigenous knowledge was a success. BARCIK had conducted it jointly with the IK research project of Durham University, UK. The workshop was entitled Documentation and application of indigenous knowledge and it took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16-17 January 2000. The workshop proceedings will be published at the end of March. Readers interested in obtaining a copy are advised to contact BARCIK directly at the address above. More information about the workshop will be published in the next issue of the Monitor.

India

CARIKS
Centre for Advanced Research on Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Dr Jan Brouwer, Director
Ms S.L. Meenu, Correspondent
P.O. Box 1, Saraswathipuram
Mysore - 570 009
India
Tel.: +91-821-542 467
Fax: +91-821-542 459
E-mail: cariks@bgl.vsnl.net.in
http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/host/ccrss/cariks/htm

CIKIB
Centre for Indigenous Knowledge on Indian Bioresources
Dr S.K. Jain, Director (Correspondent)
c/o Institute of Ethnobiology
National Botanical Research Institute
P.O. Box 436, Lucknow - 226 001
India
Tel.: +91-522-224 556
Fax: +91-522-282 849

The Dictionary of ethnoveterinary plants of India (by S.K. Jain, assisted by Sumita Srivastava) has just been published. It is the first consolidated account of over 800 plants used by local people in India for purposes of animal healthcare. The book lists plants with their local names plus brief botanical descriptions and lists of the animal diseases for which the plants are used. The work is based on the study of some 200 publications. It includes illustrations of 175 plants as well as glossaries and indexes of botanical terms, diseases, families of plants, and local names. For more information, contact: Deep Publ., A-3/27A, DDA Flats, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi 110 063, India.
A glossary of common plants used for economic purposes is nearing completion. It will provide scientific names and brief descriptions of uses. The glossary will be bilingual, arranged in the order of the local Indian names and written using the Indian script Devnagri. The scientific names are written in both Roman and Indian script. It is hoped that this will make the publication more useful to practitioners of indigenous medicine as well as to students and researchers.
CIKIB is also preparing a bibliography on ethnobotany, which will cover publications of the last two decades. The bibliography is meant to help researchers determine the current status of research on indigenous knowledge in the various regions and among the various ethnic groups of India.
The centre is now also constructing a database of the uses of plants that are common to India and Africa.

CIKIHR
Centre for Indigenous Knowledge of Indian Herbal Resources
Dr N.C. Shah, Coordinator
Dr A.S. Bhadauria, Correspondent
MS-78, Sector-D, Aliganj, Lucknow - 226 024
India
E-mail: ncshah@lwl.dot.net.in

Indonesia

INRIK
Indonesian Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge
Prof. Kusnaka Adimihardja, Director (Correspondent)
Padjadjaran University
Ruang K-3, JI. Dipati Ukur 35
Bandung 40132, West Java
Indonesia
Tel./fax:+62-22-250 8592
E-mail: inrik@melsa.net.id
http://www.melsa.net.id/~inrik

INRIK will soon receive in Bandung the international travelling exhibition ‘Rainforests for Health’, which is currently touring Indonesia. The exhibition is sponsored by the Rainforest Medical Foundation (RMF). In December 1999, it was on show in Denpasar on the island of Bali. In February 2000, the Java tour began with a first show in Surabaya, which will be followed by a show in Yogyakarta in March. An INRIK committee is preparing for the exhibition’s arrival in Bandung in April.
INRIK is also preparing a training programme for non-government organizations and other organizations that are interested in undertaking research on indigenous knowledge systems in Indonesia, especially in the eastern part of the archipelago.

Philippines

PHIRCSDIK
Philippine Resource Center for Sustainable Development and Indigenous Knowledge
Dr Rogelio C. Serrano, National Coordinator (Correspondent)
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD)
Paseo de Valmayor
P.O. Box 425, Los Banos, Laguna
The Philippines
Tel.: +63-94-500 15 to 500 20
Fax: +63-94-536-0132/0016
Email: rserrano@ultra.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph

REPPIKA
Regional Program for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge in Asia
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
Silang, Cavite 4118
The Philippines
Tel.: +63-969-9451 or +63-2-582659
Fax: +63-2-522 2494
E-mail: iirr@phil.gn.apc.org
http://www.cav.pworld.net.ph/~iirr/

Sri Lanka

SLARCIK
Sri Lanka Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Prof. R. Ulluwishewa, Director (Correspondent)
University of Sri Jayewardenapura
Forestry Building, Nugegoda
Sri Lanka
Tel.: +94-1-852 028/865178
Fax: +94-1-852 604
E-mail: rohana@sjp.ac.lk

Europe

Georgia

GERCIK
Georgia Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge
D. Kirvalidze, Director/Coordinator
Dr D. Kikodze, Correspondent
Institute of Botany
Georgian Academy of Sciences
Kodjorl schosse #1, 380007 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel.: +995-32-222 969/988276
Fax: +49-51-518 633
E-mail: dato@botany.kheta.ge

Greece

ELLRIK
Elliniko Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr C. Lionis, Coordinator (Correspondent)
Medical School, Department of Social Medicine
University of Crete
P.O. Box 1393, Heraklion, Crete
Greece
Tel.: +30-81-394 621
Fax: +30-81-542 120
E-mail: lionis@fortezza.cc.ucr.gr

The Netherlands

CIRAN
Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks
Mr G.W. von Liebenstein, Director
Nuffic-CIRAN
P.O. Box 29777, 2502 LT The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-70-4260 321
Fax: +31-70-4260 329
E-mail: ciran@nuffic.nl, ikdm@nuffic.nl
http://www.nuffic.nl/ciran/index.html

We would like to direct readers’ attention to the inside front cover, where you will find a revised version of ‘Focus’. Focus now provides a framework for the Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor and places the journal within the context of the other activities of Nuffic-CIRAN in the field of indigenous knowledge (IK). These are increasingly integrated into the centre’s role as knowledge broker and clearing house, which fits into the Nuffic strategy of ‘Linking knowledge worldwide’. This role, and the relationships among the various IK products and services, are particularly apparent in the Indigenous Knowledge Information System which CIRAN has set up. It is hoped that the system’s many users will continue to provide valuable input. Only through continuous contributions from the field—from the ‘owners’ of knowledge—can the information system reach its full potential.
Another part of the Indigenous Knowledge Information System we would like to tell you about are the mailing lists. Facilitating these lists is yet another way in which Nuffic-CIRAN seeks to encourage discussion and the exchange of information regarding indigenous knowledge and development. The first CIRAN-facilitated mailing list was the Ethno-Veterinary Mailing List (EVM), which fosters networking on the subject of local animal healthcare and production. EVM started in June 1999 and already has some 170 members. In February 2000, a second CIRAN-facilitated mailing list was launched at the initiative of the Indigenous Knowledge and Biodiversity Working Group at the Environment Liaison Centre International (ELCI) in Nairobi, Kenya. The new list is called ‘Africadiv’ and it is devoted specifically to the sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity and indigenous knowledge in Africa. Already the Africadiv mailing list has over 130 members. CIRAN manages the organizational aspects of the list; its content is managed by Ernest Rukangira of ELCI. The list is owned by the Working Group.
In the year 2000, CIRAN will continue its cooperation with UNESCO in the field of indigenous knowledge, in particular with regard to the integration of indigenous knowledge into global science. This cooperation started in 1999, when Nuffic-CIRAN was commissioned by UNESCO, through its MOST programme (Management of Social Transformations), to identify and record ‘best practices’ in the field of indigenous knowledge. The project resulted in the inclusion of 27 best practices in an online database (http://www.unesco.org/most/bpikreg.htm) and in a publication that was distributed at the UNESCO General Conference in November 1999. This cooperation with UNESCO’s MOST programme will continue in 2000. Meanwhile, other sections of UNESCO are beginning to show interest in the issue of indigenous knowledge. In February 2000, Nuffic-CIRAN was contracted by UNESCO’s Information and Informatics Division to develop a way to incorporate techniques for dealing with IK into the work of multipurpose community telecentres (MCTs). As part of the contract, there will be a pilot project at Nakaseke Telecentre in Uganda, which will be conducted in close cooperation with local stakeholders. (See also the guest column in this issue of the Monitor, by Dr Z.M. Nyiira, executive secretary of the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST).)
In the previous issue of the Monitor (Vol. 7, no.3, November 1999) we described CIRAN’s involvement in the initiative of the International Labour Organization (ILO), through its INDISCO programme, to establish community-based indigenous knowledge resource centres in the Philippines. CIRAN director Mr Guus von Liebenstein is assisting the national ILO-INDISCO coordinator in the Philippines, Mr Domingo Nayahangan. They are now finalizing a project proposal under the title Harnessing indigenous knowledge systems and practices for environmental protection, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, which is about to be submitted to donors for funding.
CIRAN’s director will be present at the Second Global Knowledge for Development Conference, which will be held on 7-10 March 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr Von Liebenstein will be on the panel, organized by the IFAD, which will discuss indigenous knowledge.

LEAD
Leiden Ethnosystems And Development Programme
Professor L. Jan Slikkerveer, Director
Ms Diana Bosch, MA, Correspondent
Institute of Cultural and Social Studies
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-71-527 3469 / 3403
Fax: +31-71-527 3619
E-mail: bosch@fsw.leidenUniv.nl

Please note that LEAD has a new correspondent and a new e-mail address.

The LEAD programme is pleased to report that its director, Professor L. Jan Slikkerveer, has been appointed ‘Professor in ethnobotanical knowledge systems with regard to medicinal plants in developing countries’ at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands at Leiden University. This is the first professorial chair on the European continent in the new field of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS). Professor Slikkerveer will give his inaugural lecture on 4 April in Leiden. [1]
Ms Diana Bosch, MA, has taken over LEAD’s secretariat from Ms Margot Starkenburg, who continues to work part-time on her research on cosmologies. Apart from handling regular tasks, Ms Bosch will help to prepare the international MA course in Medical Anthropology and Ethnobotany that is currently being developed at Leiden University.
In September 1999, Professor Slikkerveer visited Universitas Brawijaya in Malang , Indonesia, presenting an introduction to the university staff on LEAD’s work in Leiden in the field of IKS. During the visit, it was confirmed that a second centre for indigenous knowledge in eastern Indonesia will soon be established under the name Malang Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (MALRIK). Together with Professor Bruschke, Professor Slikkerveer also visited Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, where both gave presentations at a workshop entitled International training in medical anthropology and ethnobotany.
In November 1999, Professor Slikkerveer visited the Greek centre for indigenous knowledge ELLRIK and the University of Crete, where he gave a lecture on the complementarity of herbal medicine in primary health care.
In addition to the three postgraduate students from Panteion University (Athens, Greece) who are already at work in Leiden, a number of visiting scientists and staff members have recently joined LEAD for advanced research and training in IKS.

• Mr Yeshanew Gheneti is finalizing his PhD thesis on the role of indigenous institutions in the development of local communities in Africa.
• Mr Walter E. Schrader, MD, has started work on a PhD thesis on traditional treatment of eye diseases in West Africa.
• Ms Alfreda Ibui, collection manager and database coordinator at the Department of Palaeontology of the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) in Nairobi, returned to Leiden in January to finalize her Kenya fossil plants website and to prepare for placing NMK’s palaeontological collections on CD-ROM.
• Ms Mary Muungu, also a collection manager at the NMK, has begun a programme of postgraduate training in indigenous knowledge systems and material cultures, in conjunction with the Reinwardt Academy in Amsterdam.
• Mr Wai’l E. Abdalla, MSc, research fellow and curator of the Herbarium of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Institute (MAPI) of the National Centre for Research, Khartoum (Sudan), has begun PhD research on indigenous knowledge as a natural recourse, specifically with regard to medicinal plants in the Sudan.
• Florence Bindels-Trève, LEAD correspondent in Ghana, is exploring possibilities for combining traditional, transitional and modern medical systems for the benefit of the people of the Damongo/Mole Sub-District, who are currently without modern health care facilities.

Russia

RURCIK
Russian Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr Yevgeny Fetisov, Director (Correspondent)
EkoNiva
P.O. Box 1, Nemchinovka-1, Moscow Region
Russia 143013
Tel.: +7-095-591-8487
Fax: +7-095-591-8275
E-mail: 100630.157@compuserve.com

Latin America

Brazil

BRARCIK
Brazilian Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr A.J. Cancian, Director (Correspondent)
UNESP, Dept. Biologia
14870.000 Jaboticabal, SP
Brazil
Tel.: +55-163-232 500
Fax: +55-163-224 275
E-mail: brarcik@jab000.unesp.ansp.br

Mexico

RIDSCA
Mexican Research, Teaching and Service Network on Indigenous Knowledge
(Red de Investigacion, Docencia y Servicio en Conocimientos Autoctonos)
Dr Antonio Macías-López, Coordinator (Correspondent)
Colegio de Postgraduados
Campus Puebla
Apartado Postal l-12
C.P. 72130
Col. La Libertad, Puebla, Pue.
Mexico
Tel.: +52-22-851 442/851 448/851 447
Fax: +52-22-851 444
E-mail: mantonio@colpos.colpos.mx

Urugay

URURCIK
Uruguayan Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge
Pedro de Hegedüs, Coordinator (Correspondent)
CEDESUR
P.O. Box 20.201
Sayago, Montevideo 12.900
Uruguay
Tel. / fax: +5-982-308 1603.
E-mail: phegedus@adinet.com.uy

Venezuela

VERSIK
Venezuelan Resource Secretariat for Indigenous Knowledge
Dr Consuelo Quiroz, National Coordinator (Correspondent)
Centre for Tropical Alternative Agriculture and Sustainable Development (CATADI)
University of The Andes, Núcleo ‘Rafael Range’
Apartado Postal # 22
Trujillo 3102, Estado Trujillo
Venezuela
Tel. / fax: +58-72-360 467
Mobile: +58-14723 0120
E-mail: consuelo@cantv.net

In response to questions she has received, VERSIK’s coordinator Dr Consuelo Quiroz would like to explain her organization’s exact structure. VERSIK stands for Venezuelan Resource Secretariat for Indigenous Knowledge. The actual centre is CATADI (Center for Alternative Tropical Agricultural and Sustainable Development). VERSIK is just one of CATADI’s programmes. CATADI has also created an NGO, FUNDATADI (Foundation for Tropical Alternative Agriculture and Sustainable Development). The activities and projects of these bodies currently include:

• Study of indigenous knowledge systems related to traditional food plants (financed by the National Council for Technical and Scientific Research - CONICIT).
• Study of the conuco, home garden, and its potential for the in situ conservation of biodiversity in food plants (financed by IPGRI).
• Local development and education (financed by the Kellogg foundation).

These projects have three elements in common: indigenous knowledge, a gender approach, and biodiversity conservation. VERSIK would like to repeat the call made in the November 1999 issue of this journal for postgraduate students from all over the world to come and do their thesis research in the context of one of these projects (see IK&DM 7(3) p. 25). Proficiency in the Spanish language is required. More information can be obtained directly from Dr Consuelo Quiroz at consuelo@cantv.net

Middle East

Iran

RRC
Rural Research Centre Iran
Dr Mohammed H. Emadi, Deputy Head
Seyed Babak Moosavi, Correspondent
Ministry of Jihad
P.O. Box 14155-6197
Tel.: +98-21-889 7197
Fax: +98-21-654 152
E-mail: rrciri@neda.net

North America

Canada

CTK

Centre for Traditional Knowledge
Edmund Gus, Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
240 McLeod Street
East Wing 3rd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1P 6P9
Tel.: +1-613-566 4751
Fax: +1-613-566 4748
E-mail: egus@mus-nature.ca

United States of America

CIKARD
Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development
Dr Norma Wolff, Acting Director
318B Curtiss Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
USA
Tel: +1-515-294 9503
Fax: +1-515-294 1708
E-mail: cikard@iastate.edu, nhwolff@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~anthr_info/cikard

ICIK
Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge
Ladi Semali, Director (Correspondent)
The Pennsylvania State University
254 Chambers Building
University Park, PA 16802, USA
Tel.: +1-814-865 6565
Fax: +1-814-863 7602
E-mail: lms11@psuvm.psu.edu
http://www.ed.psu.edu/ci/ICIK/index.html

Back to: top of the page | Contents IK Monitor (8-1) | IKDM Homepage
Suggestions to: ikdm@nuffic.nl
© copyright Nuffic-CIRAN and contributors 2000.