Ninth International Conference on Food Studies

Abstract

According to Warburton and Martin (1999) and FAO Web site for Gender, Agrobiodiversity and Local Knowledge is a collection of facts and relates to the entire system of concepts, beliefs, and perceptions that people hold about the world around them. This includes the way people observe and measure their surroundings, how they solve problems and validate new information. It includes the processes whereby knowledge is generated, stored, applied and transmitted to others. It is a knowledge system that implies that people living in rural areas are isolated from the rest of the world and do not interact with other knowledge systems. A system that is often associated with indigenous people thus rather limiting for policies, projects, and programs seeking to work with rural farmers in general. Furthermore, in some countries, the term indigenous has a negative connotation, as it is associated with backwardness or has an ethnic and political connotation. In Central Panay, it is believed that local knowledge of food can be associated with local politics, traditions, and culture. In which the recipes are handed down through demonstration and oral traditions by their tribal leaders. Key persons were used as a source of primary information. A digital recorder and video camera were used as a primary source of documentation for transcriptions. Thematic Analysis was used in analyzing the data collected. Information gathered had been categorized according to emerging themes based on occasion, culture, politics, and traditions.