Translate
Annual Report
Newsletters
Publications
- 2. Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi
- 1. Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe
- 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
- 24. Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
- 25. Report on dietary diversity survey 2019
Tags and Categories
- ADVERTISEMENT
- ARTICLE
- BLOG
- CAMPAIGN
- carousel
- CASE STUDY
- casino
- COMPOSTING
- COVID-19
- Exchange visit
- FELLOWSHIP
- FIELD
- gamstop
- Generative AI
- Interview
- Interviews
- NEWS
- Post
- PRESS
- PRESS RELEASES
- PRESS REVIEWS
- PUBLICATIONS
- RECIPE
- REPOST
- spelpaus
- STORIES
- Uncategorized
- Urban Youth Farming Programme
- VIDEOS
- VISIT
- WORKSHOPS
Tags and Categories
- #Covid-19
- #indigenousfoodsystems
- #indigenouspeoples
- #Shillong
- Agrobiodiveristy
- Agroecology
- Agroecololy
- biodiversity
- community
- Community Participation
- farmers
- Farmers' Market
- food
- Food and Nutrition
- food festival
- Garo Hills
- hiring
- indigenous
- Indigenous Communities
- Indigenous Food
- Indigenous Food Systems
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous Seeds
- Indigenous Terra Madre
- Indigenous Youth
- kids kitchen
- Kitchen Gardens
- local food
- Local Food Systems
- Local Seeds
- Mawphlang
- Meghalaya
- Mei-Ramew Cafe
- Mei-Ramew Farmers' Market
- millet
- nesfas
- nutrition
- pollinators
- rice
- school garden
- Slow Food
- Traditional Knowledge
- workshop
- youth empowerment
Monthly Archives: March 2022
Mei Ramew Cafe: A vehicle to promote NUS (Neglected & Underutilised Species)
Currently, 75 percent of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and five animal species despite around 250,000 to 300,000 known edible plant species in the world and 150 to 200 species already being used by humans for food. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged #indigenousfoodsystems, #indigenouspeoples, Indigenous Food, Mei-Ramew Cafe
Comments Off on Mei Ramew Cafe: A vehicle to promote NUS (Neglected & Underutilised Species)
Community Seed Bank exchange visit at Mulum
On the 29th of March, 2022, NESFAS organised a Community Seed Bank Exchange Visit in partnership with Society for Urban and Rural Empowerment (SURE) and Social Service Centre (SSC) which was graciously hosted by Mulum community, West Jaintia Hills. The … Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged Agroecology, community seed, Community Seed Bank, Indigenous Seeds, Local Seeds
Comments Off on Community Seed Bank exchange visit at Mulum
Dewlieh’s School Garden curriculum focuses on Traditional jhum cultivation
Over the years, school gardening has become an important campaign among our partner communities. They serve as a great platform for children to learn and understand the basic methods of farming, knowing where food comes from, the richness of biodiversity, and integrating humanities and science subjects to a practical based knowledge system. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged jhum, school garden, shifting cultivation, Youth and Agriculture
Comments Off on Dewlieh’s School Garden curriculum focuses on Traditional jhum cultivation
Back to their roots: Farmers from Pyrda bring change in the food system
After a massive wait of over three years, four farmers from Pyrda have successfully and fruitfully been able to organically harvest potatoes after the intervention of NESFAS back in the year 2018; they have reversed and renewed their ways of farming which has led to bountiful benefits. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged Agroecology, Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, natural farming, Traditional Farming
Comments Off on Back to their roots: Farmers from Pyrda bring change in the food system
Madanrtiang spearheads community-led indigenous seed preservation
The community seed bank (CSB) in Madanrtiang, Ri-Bhoi District, was set up in 2021, led by the members of the Agroecology Learning Circle (ALC). It was facilitated by NESFAS with the support of REC under the ‘No one shall be left behind initiative’ project, to safeguard and preserve indigenous seeds, promote seed exchange among communities and encourage sustainable use of local varieties of seeds. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged #indigenouspeoples, community seed, Community Seed Bank
Comments Off on Madanrtiang spearheads community-led indigenous seed preservation
Bah Grossful Pariong and his 20 ducks: A story of an unconventional way of pest management
Ever since mankind started practicing agriculture, many animals have been used to assist farmers in tilling, sowing, and harvesting crops from the farm. However, in the small village of Mawkamoit Dongpdeng in West Khasi Hills, a custodian farmer is becoming the talk of the village for using his team of 20 ducks to act as pest sentries in his farm. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged Agroecology, ducks, Livestock, pest management
Comments Off on Bah Grossful Pariong and his 20 ducks: A story of an unconventional way of pest management
