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Mei-Ramew Farmers’ store inaugurated at Laitsohpliah to promote local products
Celebrating Indigenous food systems as drivers of sustainability, on this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples!
Mawlum Mawjahksew organized one-day programme to address Water, Sanitation and Health
Workshop on ‘Diet requirements for children, adolescents and women’ held at NESFAS
Mei-Ramew Phawar Competition- Laitkroh
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Mei-Ramew Farmers’ store inaugurated at Laitsohpliah to promote local products
To promote the sale of locally produced and chemical free products, Shaining Nongrum, headman of Laitsohpliah community (East Khasi Hills), inaugurated a farmer’s store at the community on Tuesday. The store is an initiative of the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) … Continue reading
AGROECOLOGY AND INDIGENOUS FARMERS OF MEGHALAYA
Like for many parts of the country Meghalaya’s economy is still highly dependent on agriculture. The primary sector (which includes agriculture and other natural resources extraction activities) contributes around 30% of the state’s GDP i.e., Rs. 8,168 crore out … Continue reading
Farmers empowered with training on Sustainable Green Technologies
The Bio-Resources Development Centre (BRDC) on Tuesday launched a five-day training programme on Sustainable Green Technologies at the office premises in Upper Shillong from April 23, 2019 till April 26, 2019. Farmers from NESFAS’ partner communities participated in the workshop … Continue reading
NESFAS Held its First Ever Mei-Ramew Market in town
On 7th April 2017, NESFAS hosted its first ever Mei-Ramew Market, (Mei-Ramew means Mother Earth in the native Khasi language) which connected the people with local farmers in a mutually beneficial exchange. The event gave locals a rare chance to … Continue reading
Reviewing Livelihoods and Farming Practices
On August 7th 2014, NESFAS in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation) and the Agriculture Department, Government of Meghalaya, organized a field visit to Mawphlang, a village in the East … Continue reading
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Grass and Leaf Graduation
The women farmers giggled as they were given an award by way of honour on March 8, 2014. The semi-formal ceremony was underway at the North East Network’s resource centre in Chizami, Phek district of Nagaland. The women farmers were … Continue reading
