A look at the indigenous agroecology of the Karata community, RACCN, Nicaragua

Abstract

The article: A look at the indigenous agroecology of the Karata community, RACCN , Nicaragua, focuses on systematically addressing an analysis of the functioning of the agroecological bases that lead to food security, understanding the interactions of sociocultural dynamics and practices linked to the management of natural ecosystems that lead to the sustainability of biodiversity, based on traditional knowledge as a practice that guarantees proper and lasting management of natural resources, in which multiple practices of collecting local goods, the distribution of knowledge, regulation of access and a strict community organization. Indigenous agroecology is based on ancestral and innovative collective knowledge and practices over time, on the management of biodiversity and livelihoods. Therefore, the collective traditional knowledge of the Karata community interacts in the functioning of agroecological systems with complex practices of associativity and complementarity, such as; (the Pana-Pana, Asla laka and the Bakahnu that lead to Yamni Iwanka/good living) are based on reciprocity, unity of work and the exchange of goods.