Rural Poverty

Poverty is one of the major characteristics of underdeveloped, undeveloped and developing nation. Absence of any things which we are in need of is poverty. Definition of poverty does not only mean lack of sufficient incomes but lack of many other things like education, safe drinking water, political participation and so on. Poverty is a result of social phenomenon, which is the result of social and economic inequality.   Poverty is the...

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Indigenous Technologies in Nepal

Indigenous people in Nepal are practicing variety of simple local technologies that have been developed from their long term traditional knowledge and experiences. The concept indigenous denotes that they are locally generated within an existing cultural and social tradition using local tools and knowledge. In Earlier writings it has been suggested that local indigenous technologies are sustainable, practical, maintainable and equitable. The...

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Local Appropriate Technology – Nepal’s Experience with both Technology

Appropriate technology is the technology that is designed with special consideration to the environmental, cultural aspects of the community. With these goals in mind, appropriate technology typically requires fewer resources. When a community solves their own problem on their own terms, they have a sense of control, and there is a strong likelihood that the solution will work with the guidance of an expert. Implemented technologies will be appropriate...

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Traditional knowledge of resource management

Traditional knowledge in general sense is handed down knowledge from the old generation to new generation. It is an old knowledge and often may be transferred through oral form. Traditional knowledge implies the static and low level of change. Local villagers’ perceptions and their control and management of common properties and natural resources. The culture is defined as obtained acquaintance that people use to interpret experience and to generate...

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Rural People’s Knowledge

Rural people’s knowledge has been developed based on the long experiences. Their knowledge is very helpful in agricultural practices and in conversation of natural resources. Rural people’s knowledge and modern scientific knowledge are complementary in their strengths and weaknesses. In this way, modern scientific and sophisticated knowledge is disseminating to inform and uplift the rural masses. For the rural poorer people, exotic cattle are usually...

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Indigenous Knowledge System and Development

Indigenous knowledge is unique to a particular culture and civilization. Indigenous knowledge as potential resource for rural community. Building on local knowledge, the basic component of any country’s information structure, is the first step to assemble such capital. Sharing knowledge with the poor is the most effective when we also solicit knowledge from them about their needs and circumstances. Indigenous knowledge is sometimes used to...

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Local Institutions Building for Sustainable Development

Local institutions are very helpful to organize the disadvantaged and dis-empowered to work for social justice and defensible development. If we reassure and sustenance organizations of local people, it enables them to play an answerable role in development with proper knowledge and utilization of the local resources. In the community level, community based organizations are formed and developing as a self-governing institutions....

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Rural Livelihood Diversity in Developing Countries

Livelihoods are also about creating and embracing new opportunities. A livelihood is considered to consist of the possessions, actions, and privileges that enable people to make a living. Possessions may consist of natural resources, aptitudes, information, assistance, and employment opportunities. It is important to realize that assets are not only natural resources, such as land-living, marine, fisheries, crystals, but they may also...

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Culture and Traditions in Development: Ethical Vision and Policy Directions

Traditions is rooted in any culture and it is very difficult to over pass those traditions during implementation of any development projects. Tradition is a part of a culture in society and hence to consider traditions and traditional knowledge while formulating development projects is essential. Traditions guide local people in every aspect of their life. Innovations, means to development, occur in every society, simpler or complex, primitive or...

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Culture and Civilization with its Behavioral Aspects

Civilization includes all the materialistic developments of the world which are the products of human advancements. It includes material or concrete things used by human being such as house, household commodities, and different kind of apparatus, instruments, weapons, pots and any means of conveniences. Both civilization and culture are changing but the rate of change of civilization is much faster than culture. Civilization, the comfortable condition...

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Culture and Development Process in Rural Development

Study of anthropology, as well as development, culture is one of the major dimensions of development. Culture is one of the major branches in anthropology and without considering cultural aspects, no development projects can be successful. Culture and development together studies the role of culture on human beings and their development. This is the study of role of culture on development action of human beings in group and vice versa. Culture generally...

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Development Discourse assemblage with Social Science

There is increasing recognition of social science knowledge in development discourse. In recent times, social science has been significantly observed as a discipline capable of making major contributions to an understanding of what hinders and facilitates the development practice. Prior to that date, there was a prodigious impact of economics in the development programs and policies. There was completely absence of Anthropologists and Sociologist...

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Inevitability of Anthropological Knowledge in Rural Development

Rural development involves extending the benefits of development to the poorest among those who seek a living in the bucolic area. Hence, rural development is a plan intended to develop rural people, especially those who are socially, economically and politically retrograde and underprivileged. Rural development does not only means monetary enrichment of society or people, but overall development such as empowerment, participation in all development activities,...

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Development and Practicing of Anthropology and Critique

Development is a universal problem which has drawn the attention of third world or developing countries to the identical problem. Different rehearses which were used in the past are viewed as antecedents of development, thought the term development was not used at the time. Development anthropology is the application of anthropological knowledge, theories, methods, and approaches for the purpose of betterment of people of particular societies. Development...

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Development as Freedom, Liberation and Empowerment

Development is considered as a process of expanding the real freedoms that people enjoy. Growth of GNP or of individual incomes can be very important as means to expanding the freedoms enjoyed by the members of the civilization. But freedoms depend on social and economics arrangements as well as political and civil rights. Similarly, industrialization or technological progress or social modernization can substantially contribute to expanding social...

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Why Third World Diversities and Dilemmas for Development Discourse?

The world has been divided in First and Third World. The problems are more serious to the poor groups and they are the most victims. They are suffering from poverty, displacement, unemployment and so on. Affluent groups are not losing since they are in better position to adjust to change. Development is not undertaken to provide opportunities to any particular group. It seeks to promote wider national interests for the benefit of all. For the...

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Monolithic to Polycentric Notion for Development Discourse

Monolithic notion of development has tried to define and understand the development process as static and unchangeable while polycentric notion defines the development process as changeable. Polycentric notion states the development discourse can be modified by the introduction of new objects and variables that could be introduced in time intervals. It is based on the conventional notion of transfer of technology providing technical information...

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Remote Sensing for environmental resource mapping

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