Authors : Dr. K. Kavitha

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25jul510

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Abstract : Due to the change in land-use practices, deforestation, and climate unexpectedness, soil erosion is becoming more threatened to the tribal mountainous areas of Kodaikanal. Although indigenous groups have long used traditional soil conservation techniques, these approaches have not officially recognized and are not very effective in front of contemporary environmental stresses. Recent years have seen the ability of technical successes to change the ability to completely replace durable agriculture and soil management techniques, especially in the Internet of Things (IOT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the areas of the Geographical Information System (GIS). However, there is still a lot about how to combine this technique with traditional knowledge systems for Kodaikanal soil conservation. This review study assesses the suitability of digital technology for soil conservation in relation to indigenous practices by seriously analyzing national and international literature. The study exposes gaps in previous researches and suggests a hybrid framework that combines data-operated innovations with traditional ecological knowledge, especially in steep tribal areas such as Kodaikanal where there are no recorded technology-acquired soil models. Application of generic AI for landscape-based land-use consultant and erosion modeling, the manufacture of bilingual mobile platforms for farmer outreach, and potential use of real-time IOT sensors enabling soil health monitoring is examined. By doing this, the report provides a route for the upcoming multidisciplinary initiatives that prefer stability, inclusion and community participation. In addition to providing scalable insight to other ecological delicate and culturally rich places, it emphasizes the need to preserve and improve traditional methods through reference-inconceivable technical support. With the goal of focusing from erosion to ecological flexibility, this work performs the ground task to develop the first-time implementation strategy in the Kodaikanal region.

Keywords : Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Soil Conservation, Technological Integration, Kodaikanal Hills, Tribal Farming Practices, Rural Technology Adoption.

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