ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information collected from the men and women of Mae Or-Nai community through participatory focus group discussions to identify and document potential good practices for diversity and the knowledge keepers of these practices. The side-grafting technique maintains intraspecific diversity at the varietal level due to the fact that it often involves local and less common varieties like Man Khunsri or less common species like M. odorata and M. duperreana in the grafting process. This side-grafting technique, which is unique to this area, is especially popular in rainfed or non-irrigated areas where success rates of other techniques for grafting are very poor. This grafting technique helps to maintain mango varietal diversity as it strengthens the local seed system in which farmers exchange scions of commercial and local varieties. This technique has been identified as a good practice for diversity management (GPD) as it is economically, socially and environmentally viable and sustainable in the long term.
