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The Deceiving Taste: Agrobiodiversity and Cultural Values under pressure at 1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Nesfas

TIP & NESFAS PARTICIPATE AT THE 1st INTERNATIONAL AGROBIODIVERSITY CONGRESS (AIC) on SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, POLICY AND PARTNERSHIP The  1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress (AIC) is underway from the 6th to 9th November 2016 in New Delhi, organised by the Indian Society … Continue reading →

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“Hoi Kiw!” livens up the stage at Terra Madre 2016 in Torino

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Nesfas

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto; one of the biggest and most culturally significant food and wine fest in the world witnessed a colourful display of procession as delegates from all over the globe poured in to Valentino Park  located in the heart … Continue reading →

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International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Nesfas

INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIP FOR AGROBIODIVERSITY & FOOD SOVEREIGNTY (TIP) and NESFAS celebrated the United Nation’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous People by vowing continued support for the well-being of the communities they work in. “We will not achieve the Sustainable … Continue reading →

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Living Monuments of Mawhiang

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Nesfas

The elders talk about a time that the forests were dense, fruit trees were abundant, the climate was cooler, the earth moist and fertile. As they widened their areas under cultivation the forests shrunk, limited only to uncultivable terrains, they … Continue reading →

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Planting Trees for the Future

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Nesfas

Mawhiang, EKH, together with NESFAS, joined the annul global World Earth Day Celebration this 22nd of April. The community came forward to actively participate and take a lead in expressing their interest in the plantation of trees to mark the … Continue reading →

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Bringing Back the Khneng

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Nesfas

She counts the thread of the fabric and works in a stitch to make a pattern repeated through the entire stretch of the ryndia, better known as the eri silk. Bliwtibon Mawa, 65, until recently was one of the last … Continue reading →

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