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- 2. Nutritional status, food insecurity, and biodiversity among the Khasi
- 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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Tag Archives: Indigenous Knowledge
Na ka Kper Syntiew sha ka Kper Jhur
Hapdeng ka lock down, bun napdeng jongngi ngi ia pynlut por hala ki jong ki iing ki sem. Ka jingbatai ki riew shemphang, ki ong ba kawei na ki lad ban ialeh pyrshah ia u COVID-19 dei ban tei ia ka bor met (immunity) da kaba bam bun jait ki thup jingbam. Ka Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jong ka United Nations kala phiah ia ki thup jingbam ha ki 10 tylli. Continue reading
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Strengthening biodiversity at the grassroots
Ever since its inception in 2012, NESFAS has played a major role in the preservation of indigenous food cultures and traditions in the North East of India, especially in Meghalaya. Over these years, NESFAS has worked relentlessly to fulfill its mission of highlighting the connection between sourcing tasty, healthy, local foods and the responsibility one has towards the protection and preservation of the agrobiodiversity that produces these foods.
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Ïada ia ka Umngot Mynta, Pyllait ia ka pateng ba lashai
Ïa ki imlang sahlang ba la shai ne ki Civilization jong ki briew la saiñ, pynwandur bad pyrsad jingim lyngba ki kmie kiba tuid jong kine ki imlang sahlang ba la shai – ka Nile, ka Indus, ka Tigris bad ka Euphrates. Continue reading
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A transparent look into beekeeping: Voices from Indigenous beekeepers of Meghalaya
To commemorate World Bee Day 2021, NESFAS reached out to a few beekeepers from the partner communities. These- individuals have been in the eye of the storm for quite a few years now and are well equipped with the information required to nurture and build a business around successful beekeeping. 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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