概括
几千年来开发的土著食品技术提供了复杂的解决方案. 现代科学应该整合和适应这些本地创新,尊重全球粮食安全的文化实践.
科学领域:
- 食品科学与技术 食品科学与技术
- 食品人类学 食品人类学
- 科学的历史科学的历史.
背景情况:
- 人类在发展先进的技术技能方面有着悠久的历史,早于西方科学.
- 实现文明的基本发现,包括农业和工具制造,起源于西方科学传统之外.
- 食品技术是一种古老的做法,而不是最近的20世纪发展,有各种历史例子.
研究的目的:
- 突出各种文化发展的传统食品技术的复杂性和价值.
- 倡导将当地,土著知识融入现代食品科学和技术战略.
- 强调在发展中国家应用西方技术时需要文化意识和适应.
主要方法:
- 对各种土著食品加工和保存技术的历史审查.
- 分析来自当地资源的传统疗法和营养补充剂.
- 对前现代和现代的食品科学方法进行比较检查.
主要成果:
- 许多例子展示了复杂的传统食品技术,包括发酵,提取和遗传作物改进.
- 原住民社区为营养不足 (如疹,缺乏) 和流行病 (如) 开发了有效的解决方案.
- 当地知识系统经常采用类似于科学方法的方法,产生实际和有效的结果.
结论:
- 土著的食品技术代表着一个有价值的,往往被忽视的,解决当代粮食挑战的资源.
- 现代食品科学必须采用文化敏感的"适应和采用"方法,而不是"西方是最好的"的心态.
- 在尊重文化规范的同时,将当地创新与西方技术相结合,对于提高全球粮食安全至关重要.
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