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Foundations on Grass: The Story of Samingre community

Samingre is a small, peaceful village of 100 households, located in West Garo Hills. The village is self-sufficient and most of its people are dependent on agriculture. Samingre is an active and promising partner village of NESFAS. The Community Hall renovation project undertaken by NESFAS has been successfully completed in 2021, and the recent monitoring and cluster workshop was conducted there for Community Facilitators from all of the partner villages of NESFAS in Garo Hills. Continue reading

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Tried and tested-Exploring indigenous pest management

A technical training on pest management was organized by NESFAS at Samingre in West Garo Hills on the 10th of May, 2022. A progressive farmer, Shri. Rajesh. B. Marak, from the village of Darechikgre, West Garo Hills, facilitated the training in the presence of NESFAS team. Continue reading

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Social work students of St. Edmund’s College learn best practices of Indigenous Food Systems: Exposure visit facilitated by NESFAS at Khweng

NESFAS facilitated an exposure visit on May 12, 2022 for the 2nd Semester students of Bachelor of Social Work, St Edmund’s College at Khweng, Ri-Bhoi. The programme saw the participation of 36 students.
The main objective of this exposure visit is to collaborate with various NGOs for their study tour and rural camps as part of their curriculum and also to understand the works done by such organisations. Continue reading

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Wild leafy vegetable ‘Sohkhia Khlaw’: A highlight of Mawhiang’s agrobiodiversity walk

NESFAS along with Mawhiang community organised an Agrobiodiversity (ABD) Walk on April 14, 2022 with the Agroecology Learning Circle (ALC) members and school children. ABD Walk is one of our core tools that helps in intergenerational knowledge exchange, and at the same time, raises awareness about the diversity of local food plants and the richness of Mother Earth. Continue reading

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Seeds of today for fruits of tomorrow

On the 21st of April, 2022, four communities, namely Sasatgre, Mandalgre, Rongchadenggre and Masudigre came together for a seed exchange at Daribokgre, East Garo Hills, one of the model villages of NESFAS in Garo Hills.

The programme started off with an introductory session in the village community hall, where seeds from the repository known as Community Seed Bank (CSB) were displayed. Continue reading

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Leaders for a better tomorrow: Excerpts from Leadership Development Programme

NESFAS collaborates closely with indigenous communities, recognising them as knowledge holders and leaders for a sustainable future. Community representatives, known as Community Facilitators or CFs, are appointed from all NESFAS partner communities, and contribute local knowledge from the grassroots level. … Continue reading

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