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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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The voices behind our local biodiversity movement
The International Day for Biological Diversity, 22nd May 2021, commemorates a day to highlight important issues surrounding Biological Diversity and raise awareness for the same. Variety of life on the planet is on a gradual decline and initiating a conversation about this is the need of the hour. Continue reading
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The Bee Effect: Bees’ role as pollinators, producers of a superfood, and the impact of climate change
Pollination is one natural process, second only to photosynthesis that decides the future of the ecosystem. Three out of four crops across the globe depend, in some way, on pollination for successful human use; they not only contribute to healthy diets but also to maintaining and nurturing biodiversity on earth. Continue reading
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Umsawwar community and NESFAS stand tall against Umngot Hydro Electric Project construction
The year 2007 marked the inception of the Umngot Hydro Electric Project construction when initially survey started taking place. Umsawwar community, of Mawkynrew C&RD Block, East Khasi Hills, which presently homes 529 people, has always been at the forefront of protesting against this project since 2012 till date.
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REC Foundation impressed with the works of NESFAS at 130 Communities
Under the current Rural Electrification Corporation Foundation (REC)-funded project “No One Shall Be Left Behind Initiative”, the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity (NESFAS) has the goal of promoting indigenous food systems that will significantly contribute to improved nutrition, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. Continue reading
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Aman A•song Food Festival held at Darechikgre, Garo Hills
NESFAS held the first ever Aman A•song (Mother Earth) Food Festival (Mother Earth) on December 15, 2019 at the Darechikgre Playground, West Garo Hills. Deputy commissioner (West Garo Hills) Ram Singh and a friend of NESFAS graced the occasion as … Continue reading
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Last Mei-Ramew Farmers’ Market of the year showcases Christmas goodies from three Special Homes
Shillong: Five communities from Meghalaya gathered at All Saints Hall on Monday for the Mei-Ramew Farmers’ Market, which was organised by the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society. The market showcased various chemical-free produce, wild edible plants and plants which were … Continue reading
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