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Ioh jingithuh “Ka rukom rep tynrai ki Khasi” haka thup kot jong ka Food and Agriculture Organization

Ka rukom rep tynrai ki Khasi’ ka lah ioh jingithuh haka kot ba la ai kyrteng “Indigenous Poeples’ food systems: Insights on sustainability and resilience from the frontline of climate change’ ba la pynmih daka International Publication of Food and Agriculture Organization UN, Alliance of Biodiversity International bad CIAT, ba la pyllait paidbah haka 25 tarik, Jylliew 2021. Continue reading

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Empowering youth to strengthen Indigenous Food Systems

An Indigenous Youth Fellowship Programme at the local level was conducted for a period of one month in April this year; it stried to empower local communities to acknowledge the Indigenous Food Systems (IFS) and simultaneously to safeguard and preserve the agricultural practices for the overall well-being of the communities. Continue reading

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Eat Different, a podcast series by Anupama Chandrasekaran highlights the importance of foraging in Khasi communities in Meghalaya

Foraging still remains an integral tradition of many small communities worldwide. In rural Meghalaya, foraging is a practice that goes hand in hand with the preservation of indigenous food traditions and as well as the protection of agrobiodiversity Continue reading

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Khasi food system recognized in UN-FAO publication

The official launch (online event) of the book entitled “Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Insights on sustainability and resilience from the frontline of climate change” published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT was held on June 25, 2021. Continue reading

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The Khasi Food System recognised in UN-FAO publication

The Khasi Food System gained recognition in an international publication “Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Insights on sustainability and resilience from the frontline of climate change”. This book is by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and was officially launched on June 25, 2021 through an online event. Continue reading

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NESFAS partners with nurses to support communities during pandemic

With cases rising rapidly among the communities of Meghalaya, our fight against the deadly pandemic draws on. But while we fight tirelessly on one front, the nature of life is also such that one powerful enemy doesn’t render all the other enemies null and void. Continue reading

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