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- 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
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Author Archives: Bhogtoram Mawroh
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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Landlessness: A ticking time bomb
On the 22nd of April 2022, the Career Guidance and Counseling Committee, Sohra Government College, organized a one day workshop themed “Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems – A game changing solution in the context of climate change”. The College invited NESFAS and Charlotte Milbank, a PhD scholar from University of Cambridge, to take part in the program. Continue reading
Jhum based Indigenous Food System can combat Climate Change
We were very disappointed to learn that Shillong MP, Vincent H Pala, intends to raise the impacts of jhum cultivation among other issues when he attends the parliamentary meeting at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to be … Continue reading
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Sustainable Development Goals & Palm oil cultivation: A paradox
On the 26th August, 2021 NITI Aayog released the ‘North Eastern Region: District SDG Index, Report and Dashboard Baseline Report 2021-2022’. The report was a damning indictment of Meghalaya’s performance in terms of its progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Continue reading
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Tagged #indigenouspeoples, Indigenous Communities, Indigenous Knowledge, palm oil
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What the PM-KISAN Scheme reveals about landlessness in Meghalaya
Agriculture, without doubt, is the most important sector of the economy of Meghalaya. It contributes to more than 20% of the State GDP and provides employment to more than half of the labour force in the State. Therefore, it wasn’t a surprise when during his visit to Songsak in East Garo Hills the Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma, declared that his government prioritizes the farming community Continue reading
Lakadong turmeric & one district one product (ODOP) Scheme – Implications on Agrobiodiversity
In a story titled ‘Her Yellow Revolution’ published by the Shillong Times on 9th March 2019, Sahana Ghosh tells the story of Kong Trinity Saioo’s endeavour in promoting the cultivation and boosting the popularity of the indigenous, high curcumin content (7.9% as against 2% of other varieties) Lakadong turmeric. Continue reading
