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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: Worngachan A Shatsang
Eat Different, a podcast series by Anupama Chandrasekaran highlights the importance of foraging in Khasi communities in Meghalaya
Foraging still remains an integral tradition of many small communities worldwide. In rural Meghalaya, foraging is a practice that goes hand in hand with the preservation of indigenous food traditions and as well as the protection of agrobiodiversity Continue reading
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NESFAS partners with nurses to support communities during pandemic
With cases rising rapidly among the communities of Meghalaya, our fight against the deadly pandemic draws on. But while we fight tirelessly on one front, the nature of life is also such that one powerful enemy doesn’t render all the other enemies null and void. Continue reading
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DW Media Germany highlights contribution of communities in Meghalaya towards preserving Indigenous food traditions in India
DW Media Germany recently published an article titled, “Keeping Indigenous wild food traditions alive in India”; written by Vandana K, illustrating NESFAS’ role as custodians of Indigenous food traditions in the North East of India. Continue reading
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NESFAS and Partners review COVID-19 in Meghalaya and Nagaland; monitors partner communities and lend a helping hand
The onslaught of the second wave of the COVID-19 has hit the country harder than it did during the first wave last year. The country’s healthcare resources have been stretched thin battling the deadlier second wave but steadily, there have … Continue reading
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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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