ABSTRACT
In 1991 during the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the villagers of Amanbaev, Kyrgyzstan, were allocated land plots, told that the state could no longer look after them and that they had to look after themselves. In subsequent years, the resilience techniques emerged and re-evolved to respond to the immediate needs of the villagers who had lost their jobs and social security. This chapter explores at these religious, cultural, spiritual and economical practices among Kyrgyz, Kurdish, Turkish and Uzbek farmers and how they form their identity and help to maintain their resilience. It also explores that how farming communities organise their environmental, agricultural and technological knowledge in order to support farming and food practices and how they interact with each other in socio-cultural contexts. Finally, it contributes to discussions on the subjects of anthropology of food, food security, religion, culture, environment, resilience, technologies and biocultural diversity within Amanbaev and the role of indigenous farmers with respect to these issues.
