Category Archives: ARTICLE

Umsawwar takes step forward in achieving a chemically free farming system

Community members of Umsawwar have now opened up their journey to exercising a chemically free approach to agriculture after the intervention of community leaders from the area. Through a series of awareness campaigns organized by NESFAS, Agroecology Learning Circle (ALC), … Continue reading

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NESFAS helps community members of Nongpriang, Umwang Nongbah pave way to healthy future

Community members of Nongpriang and Umwang Nongbah had undertaken a project to increase their food crop productivity by setting out kitchen gardens at their communities. These kitchen gardens will help ease their dependence on cash crops and more so on … Continue reading

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National Education Policy-2020 and Indigenous Knowledge System

One of the biggest casualties of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been the education
sector, with educational institutions remaining shut even after the lockdown is lifted. Continue reading

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Garo Hills communities exchange saplings to increase diversity

Monoculture has proven to be both a blessing and boon for some farmers across several areas in Meghalaya. However, this type of farming goes against traditional farming and also ensures no crop diversity in that particular area. Continue reading

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Meghalaya’s Resilience in the face of COVID-19: The Beekeeper’s story

‘Bees’- the Earth’s busiest and most fascinating creatures—probably don’t realise the amount of work they do, and they do more than just produce honey. While these tiny insects go about causally foraging, they pollinate a significant amount of the world’s … Continue reading

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Agroecology Pre and Post COVID-19: An opportunity to advance sustainable food systems

NESFAS in collaboration with The Indigenous Partnership (TIP) held an online conference with Dr Francisco J. Rosado-May of the Mayan Intercultural University of Quantana Roo, Mexico on October 19, 2020. He presented a lecture on agroecology and how indigenous communities … Continue reading

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