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- 3. School Garden Manual
- 4. Changing gender roles and relations in food provisioning among matrilineal Khasi and patrilineal Chakhesang Indigenous rural People of NE India
- 5. Nutritional Manual for School MDM Programs
- 6. ABD and Priority Food Plants for School MDM Programs
- 7. Landscape Resilience in Khweng and Umsawwar communities
- 8. Identifying Stress Tolerant Crops in NE India
- 9. Value chain of Eri Silk “Ryndia”
- 10. Land Tenure System and Landlessness in Meghalaya
- 11. Bushmeat- The Hidden Dangers
- 12. Best Practice in IFS of Meghalaya
- 13. Indigenous food promotion-Dietary Diversity
- 14. Assessment of WASH Interventions
- 15. Dietary Diversity Score Analysis in Ri-Bhoi
- 16. Disaster Management Act 2005 Analysis
- 17. Agrobiodiversity and Priority Food Plants for Inclusion in the School MDM Program
- 18. Participatory Mapping of Agrobiodiversity 2019
- 19. Market survey for assessing demand of organic food
- 20. Pollinators study and Indigenous pollinators network
- 21. Analysis of Barriers Affecting Children and Mothers’ Nutrition and Health Status
- 22. Dietary diversity and its determinants among Khasi and Garo indigenous women (15 to 49 years) in Meghalaya, northeast India
- 23. The White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
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- 25. Report on dietary diversity survey 2019
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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Meghalaya Communities Stand In Unison To Defend River Umngot
More than a month ago, community members from Umsawwar, including Mawdulop, Ksangrngi, Jatah Lakadong, Mawlong, and adjoining villages — under the banner “Ka Kynhun Ki Nongrep Harud Wah Umngot” — prevented officers of MeECL, Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Indigenous Communities, Umngot river
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Na ka Kper Syntiew sha ka Kper Jhur
Hapdeng ka lock down, bun napdeng jongngi ngi ia pynlut por hala ki jong ki iing ki sem. Ka jingbatai ki riew shemphang, ki ong ba kawei na ki lad ban ialeh pyrshah ia u COVID-19 dei ban tei ia ka bor met (immunity) da kaba bam bun jait ki thup jingbam. Ka Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jong ka United Nations kala phiah ia ki thup jingbam ha ki 10 tylli. Continue reading
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Tagged Indigenous Food, Indigenous Food Systems, Indigenous Knowledge
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NESFAS reaches out to its partner communities to combat the pandemic
The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has even attacked villages in the far corner of the State. The virus has not even spared the villages, which are within the project area of NESFAS. The situation has compelled NESFAS to go beyond the mandate of the project and work with the 130 villages in Meghalaya and Nagaland and embark on the work of suppressing the spread of the virus. Continue reading
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Tagged COVID_19, Indigenous Communities
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Strengthening biodiversity at the grassroots
Ever since its inception in 2012, NESFAS has played a major role in the preservation of indigenous food cultures and traditions in the North East of India, especially in Meghalaya. Over these years, NESFAS has worked relentlessly to fulfill its mission of highlighting the connection between sourcing tasty, healthy, local foods and the responsibility one has towards the protection and preservation of the agrobiodiversity that produces these foods.
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Tagged Agrobiodiversity, Indigenous Communities, Indigenous Food Systems, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Marketing, Indigenous peoples, Mei-Ramew Weaves
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Ka jingiaid lynti ki nongri ngap Meghalaya ha FAO, United Nations
Ka dei ka sien kaba nyngkong duh ban pynsngew haka pyrthei ia ka jingiaid lynti ki nongri ngap na ki rilum Khasi Jaintia. Ia ka jingiaid lynti ki nongri ngap la pynpaw pyrthei da U Bah Phrang Roy, uba dei u bongseng jong ka NESFAS ha ka jingrakhe ia ka sngi kyrpang ki ngap kaba la pynlong da ka FAO jong ka United Nations ha ka 20th Tarik, Jymmang,2021. Continue reading
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The voices behind our local biodiversity movement
The International Day for Biological Diversity, 22nd May 2021, commemorates a day to highlight important issues surrounding Biological Diversity and raise awareness for the same. Variety of life on the planet is on a gradual decline and initiating a conversation about this is the need of the hour. Continue reading
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