Category Archives: NEWS

Reviewing Livelihoods and Farming Practices

On August 7th 2014, NESFAS in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation) and the Agriculture Department, Government of Meghalaya, organized a field visit to Mawphlang, a village in the East … Continue reading

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Sohliya Gets a School Garden

On 31st July, the children of Seng Kynthei Pres LP School of Raid Iapngar, Sohliya, Ri Bhoi District inaugurated their first ever School Garden. NESFAS Associate Trainee, Michael Shadap accompanied by three interns from the Social Work department, Women’s College, … Continue reading

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On Food and Menu

Traveling across lush meadows through the pausing monsoon, the NESFAS team made its way to yet another training program. This workshop on “Food and Menu’ was held at Mei Ram-ew Dhaba, Sohrarim, owned by Mr Hamlet Khongngain on 30th July … Continue reading

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The Laitumkhrah Initiative on the roll…

NESFAS’s initiative to positively impact its local community carries on with the 3rd delivery of the harvest from its community garden to the underprivileged families of Laitumkhrah. The operation began with the planting of the community garden at the NESFAS … Continue reading

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Kids Kitchen initiative – the Mawphlang Chapter

Armed with cookeries and good intentions, the NESFAS team comprising of Rahul Antao and Esther M Sawian on Saturday, the 26th of July 2014, took the scenic ride to the William Lewis Boys’ Home at Mawphlang to impart to some … Continue reading

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Gen Youth promoting Agro-biodiversity – ShankardevCollege

NESFAS has always stressed on the importance of the role played by the youth in the promotion of agrobiodiversity and, for a while now, has set its sights on the creation of Youth Food Clubs in the North East. Thus, … Continue reading

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