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The Poor Prole’s Almanac

Balancing Tradition and Modernity: Agroforestry in India's Western Ghats

The Poor Prole’s Almanac

Bleav + The Poor Prole’s Alamanac

Home Garden, Home, Science, Plants, Lifestyle, Outdoors, How To, Home & Garden, Nature, Leisure, Education

4.9781 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We chat about the ecological and agricultural history of the Southern tip of India and how the indigenous farming practices have evolved over 4,000 years to meet the changing climate!     https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225745850_Agroforestry_in_the_Western_Ghats_of_peninsular_India_and_the_satoyama_landscapes_of_Japan_A_comparison_of_two_sustainable_land_use_systems Agroforestry in the Western Ghats of peninsular India and the satoyama landscapes of Japan: A comparison of two sustainable land use systems, B. Mohan Kumar https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225976587_Growth_and_ecological_impacts_of_traditional_agroforestry_tree_species_in_Central_Himalaya_India Growth and ecological impacts of traditional agroforestry tree species in Central Himalaya, India, Rakesh K Maikhuri http://tropecol.com/pdf/open/PDF_44_1/44107.pdf   The tree behind the forest: ecological and economic importance of traditional agroforestry systems and multiple uses of trees in India DENIS DEPOMMIER https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1006486912126 Acacia nilotica trees in rice fields: A traditional agroforestry system in central India http://isasat.org/Vol-ii,issue-i/AARJ_2_1_3_Viswanath.pdf Synergistic impacts of anthropogenic fires and aridity on plant diversity in the Western Ghats: Implications for management of ancient social-ecological systems, Charuta Kulkarni   https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345993867_Synergistic_impacts_of_anthropogenic_fires_and_aridity_on_plant_diversity_in_the_Western_Ghats_Implications_for_management_of_ancient_social-ecological_systems

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0:00.0

Hey folks, welcome back.

0:14.8

This is Andy with the Poor Proles Almanac here today with another super exciting episode.

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And you can find us on Spotify, iTunes,

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and wherever you get your podcasts. And of course, you can find us on Patreon if you enjoy

0:28.6

what we're doing here and you'd like to help us cover the costs of hosting the podcast.

0:33.1

We don't explicitly offer any of our traditional content focused on the specific goals of this

0:38.9

podcast to our patrons in terms of limited access or anything like that right now,

0:44.0

knowledge is for everyone.

0:45.5

That's right.

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But we have started up a Patreon-only miniseries called The Prologs, during which we do

0:51.9

some critiques on various subject matters and talk about them in terms of the context of the podcastlogues, during which we do some critiques on various subject matters and talk about them

0:55.4

in terms of the context of the podcast, societal collapse and reconstruction. If you're interested

1:01.6

and you're willing to donate $2, it's up on our Patreon. We've also released one episode that

1:07.4

was asked by popular demand for public consumption, so there's a good place to check

1:11.9

it out and see if you'd like to hear more. On top of this content, we've got stickers available,

1:17.1

and we're including some footage from my farm putting the theory we're talking about into practice.

1:22.3

So if you want to see what's going on over there, check out the Patreon.

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While we do enjoy making this content, there's about 20 hours worth of work that goes into

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each episode so any support we can get to offset our actual costs we fully and wholeheartedly

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appreciate. Also, we've got some content going up there right now for the next series we're

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going to be doing.

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So if you're interested in hearing some of the voices that have led a lot of these discussions that we've had, folks from Tom Wessels and so on, go check it out.

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