Translate
Twitter
Annual Report
Newsletters
Publications
- 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
Tags and Categories
Tags and Categories
- #Covid-19
- #indigenousfoodsystems
- #indigenouspeoples
- #Shillong
- Agrobiodiveristy
- Agroecology
- Agroecololy
- biodiversity
- community
- farmers
- Farmers' Market
- food
- Food and Nutrition
- food festival
- food security
- Garo Hills
- indigenous
- Indigenous Communities
- Indigenous Food
- Indigenous Food Systems
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous Seeds
- Indigenous Terra Madre
- jhum
- kids kitchen
- Kitchen Gardens
- local food
- Local Food Systems
- Local Seeds
- Mawphlang
- Meghalaya
- Mei-Ramew Cafe
- Mei-Ramew Farmers' Market
- millet
- nesfas
- nutrition
- pollinators
- rice
- school garden
- Slow Food
- Terra Madre
- Traditional Knowledge
- workshop
- youth empowerment
Tag Archives: youth empowerment
Sohra Govt. College organises a workshop on Indigenous Peoples’ Food System in collaboration with NESFAS.
Sohra Government College, Sohra, in collaboration with NESFAS, Shillong, organised a one-day international workshop on Career Guidance and Counseling on April 22, 2022, on the theme “Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems- A game changing solution in the context of climate change”. Charlotte Milbank, Research Scholar, University of Cambridge, UK, was the keynote speaker of this session. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged Indigenous Youth, workshop, youth empowerment, youthdevelopment
Leave a comment
Leaders for a better tomorrow: Excerpts from Leadership Development Programme
NESFAS collaborates closely with indigenous communities, recognising them as knowledge holders and leaders for a sustainable future. Community representatives, known as Community Facilitators or CFs, are appointed from all NESFAS partner communities, and contribute local knowledge from the grassroots level. … Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged community facilitators, Indigenous Youth, leadership training, youth empowerment
Leave a comment
Research and documentation of indigenous knowledge: Workshop by Dr. Tara Douglas
A workshop on Researching and Documenting the indigenous knowledge of the Khasi Traditions of Meghalaya was conducted from the 8th to the 12th of November, 2021; it was facilitated by Dr. Tara Douglas with 17 participants including community fellows, community facilitators and students from St. Anthony’s College and Assam Don Bosco University. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged Indigenous Youth, Research, workshop, youth empowerment, youthdevelopment
Leave a comment
How can youth contribute in transforming local food cultures: Integrated Mountain Initiative webinar
An online webinar was organised by the Integrated Mountain Initiative on the occasion of International Youth Day on August 12, 2021. The event highlighted the local food cultures across the Indian Himalayan Region and the need to transform our food systems and food cultures. Dr. Bandana Shakya, Agrobiodiversity Specialist, ICIMOD, and Mr. Janak Preet Singh, Sr. Associate, Livelihoods, NESFAS were the keynote speakers of this session where they highlighted Food Systems as interdisciplinary and game-changing solutions to ensure sustainability. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged Indigenous Youth, International Youth Day, Youth, youth empowerment
Leave a comment
Youth for Indigenous Food System: Handing over the baton to the next generation
NESFAS’ “No one shall be left behind” initiative supported by REC (Rural Electrical Corporation Ltd) Foundation kick-started in July 2018. The initiative aimed to enhance Indigenous Food Systems (IFS) that would significantly contribute to improved nutrition, food security, and sustainable livelihoods among 130 indigenous communities of Meghalaya and Nagaland. Continue reading
Posted in ARTICLE
Tagged #indigenouspeoples, Indigenous Food Systems, Indigenous Youth, youth empowerment, Youth events
Leave a comment
“We need to lift up agriculture”, Bakmenlang Nongrum proclaims
Amidst the gateway to Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, 10 minutes away from the famous Mawkdok tourist hotspot, young 20-year-old Bakmenlang Nongrum lives in the Village of Laitsohpliah. He is like any other adolescent who enjoys the thrills and joy with his friends … Continue reading
Posted in PUBLICATIONS
Tagged Traditional Knowledge, Youth and Agriculture, youth empowerment, youthdevelopment
2 Comments
