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Communities showcase 50+ types of Indigenous seeds at an inter village seed fair
NESFAS “Leaves No One Behind” as its project wins recognition on a Global Platform
NESFAS “Leaves No One Behind” as its project wins recognition on a Global Platform
Success experiment: Khweng community member reaps new tomato variety
Category Archives: PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS: Enhanced Nutritional Diversity as a means of supplementing the MDM programme using Local Resources, a GIZ-NESFAS project
As part of the GIZ project “Enhancing nutritional diversity as a means of supplementing the mid-day meals of primary school children using local resources”, NESFAS produced 6 publications, which corroborated the project. The publications allow the lessons of the demonstrations … 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
Indigenous agricultural practices hold key to maintaining biodiversity & mitigating climate change
INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES HOLD KEY TO MAINTAINING BIODIVERSITY & MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE Source: Indigenous agricultural practices hold key to maintaining biodiversity & mitigating climate change In early May 2017, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food hosted its 2nd International … Continue reading
100 North East Communities Started a PLEDGE to celebrate the World Environment Day 2017 with NESFAS
It started in 2016 when Mawhiang village in West Khasi Hills requested NESFAS to join in the celebration of the World Environment Day. They decided to dedicate a community land to plant local tree varieties with support from NESFAS. More … Continue reading
How India can learn to tackle climate change from its indigenous communities- Mridula Chari, Scroll In
Article published in: Scroll.in Phrang Roy, a Khasi biodiversity activist, says it is important to weigh science and indigenous knowledge equally and take the best from both worlds. Phrang Roy, better known as Bah Phrang, was born and raised in … Continue reading
NESFAS at Biodiversity Festival Chizami 2017
On the 8th March 2017, North East Network marked Women’s Day by celebrating Biodiversity Festival with the theme ‘Celebrating Biological diversity, Bonding Earth Communities’ at Chizami Village, Nagaland. NESFAS, having a close network with NEN, attended the festival and Bah … Continue reading
Agrobiodiversity Society
Kerie Ville, Arbuthnott Road, Laitumkhrah,
Shillong 793003,
Meghalaya, India