Monthly Archives: June 2022

Tragedy or Triumph of the commons?

A few weeks ago the author visited the Directorate of Agriculture with one of his colleagues from NESFAS (North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society). During a discussion, one of the senior staff of the Department remarked that the lack of proper registration of land holdings has been responsible for the farmers in the State missing financial ben Continue reading

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NESFAS latest initiative on Community Seed Banks focuses on 6000 year old rice varieties

On the 9th of June, 2022, NESFAS’ latest project “Rice-centric Community Seed Banks for Healthy and Resilient Food Systems” was inaugurated by Shri James P K Sangma, honorable cabinet minister, Government of Meghalaya, at Sadolpara in West Garo Hills Continue reading

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