David R. Katerere, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaWendy Applequist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri, USAOluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa & Nutritica SA, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South AfricaChamunorwa Togo, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa

• Foreword Preface 1. Indigenous/Tribal Knowledges – definition and relevance in the modern era 2. How research funding can drive the commercialization of IK – based technologies: the case of SANBio 3. An Indian Perspective on Contemporizing Tribal and Indigenous Medical Knowledge 4. Tribal and Indigenous Knowledge in West Africa: the Use of Food Plants in the Management of Diabetes 5. Traditional and Local Knowledge Systems in the Caribbean: Jamaica as a case study 6. Indigenous knowledge systems: practices in modern-day China 7. Kampo Medicine 8. Back to the Future – the Prospects of African Indigenous Crops as Future Foods 9. The role of traditional health practitioners in modern health care systems 10. Interrogating the framework for the regulation of complementary medicines in South Africa 11. Animal Health and Indigenous Knowledge Systems 12. Local ecological knowledge on climate prediction and adaptation: agriculture-wildlife interface perspectives from Africa 13. Food and Nutrition Innovation in the Context of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 14. Hurdles in commercialization of tribal and indigenous knowledge-derived technologies 15. The state of traditional leadership in South Africa from colonialism and apartheid to democracy 16. A brief survey of early indigenous knowledge which influenced modern agronomic practices 17. Applications of Indigenous Knowledges in the 21st Century Index

David R. Katerere, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaWendy Applequist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri, USAOluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa & Nutritica SA, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South AfricaChamunorwa Togo, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa

• Foreword Preface 1. Indigenous/Tribal Knowledges – definition and relevance in the modern era 2. How research funding can drive the commercialization of IK – based technologies: the case of SANBio 3. An Indian Perspective on Contemporizing Tribal and Indigenous Medical Knowledge 4. Tribal and Indigenous Knowledge in West Africa: the Use of Food Plants in the Management of Diabetes 5. Traditional and Local Knowledge Systems in the Caribbean: Jamaica as a case study 6. Indigenous knowledge systems: practices in modern-day China 7. Kampo Medicine 8. Back to the Future – the Prospects of African Indigenous Crops as Future Foods 9. The role of traditional health practitioners in modern health care systems 10. Interrogating the framework for the regulation of complementary medicines in South Africa 11. Animal Health and Indigenous Knowledge Systems 12. Local ecological knowledge on climate prediction and adaptation: agriculture-wildlife interface perspectives from Africa 13. Food and Nutrition Innovation in the Context of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 14. Hurdles in commercialization of tribal and indigenous knowledge-derived technologies 15. The state of traditional leadership in South Africa from colonialism and apartheid to democracy 16. A brief survey of early indigenous knowledge which influenced modern agronomic practices 17. Applications of Indigenous Knowledges in the 21st Century Index

David R. Katerere, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaWendy Applequist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri, USAOluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa & Nutritica SA, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South AfricaChamunorwa Togo, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa

• Foreword Preface 1. Indigenous/Tribal Knowledges – definition and relevance in the modern era 2. How research funding can drive the commercialization of IK – based technologies: the case of SANBio 3. An Indian Perspective on Contemporizing Tribal and Indigenous Medical Knowledge 4. Tribal and Indigenous Knowledge in West Africa: the Use of Food Plants in the Management of Diabetes 5. Traditional and Local Knowledge Systems in the Caribbean: Jamaica as a case study 6. Indigenous knowledge systems: practices in modern-day China 7. Kampo Medicine 8. Back to the Future – the Prospects of African Indigenous Crops as Future Foods 9. The role of traditional health practitioners in modern health care systems 10. Interrogating the framework for the regulation of complementary medicines in South Africa 11. Animal Health and Indigenous Knowledge Systems 12. Local ecological knowledge on climate prediction and adaptation: agriculture-wildlife interface perspectives from Africa 13. Food and Nutrition Innovation in the Context of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 14. Hurdles in commercialization of tribal and indigenous knowledge-derived technologies 15. The state of traditional leadership in South Africa from colonialism and apartheid to democracy 16. A brief survey of early indigenous knowledge which influenced modern agronomic practices 17. Applications of Indigenous Knowledges in the 21st Century Index