Read more about the article Holding up the citrus
Dr. Francesco Sottile, Aditi Kini - Innovation Alchemy, NESFAS team and students of NEHU, MLCU and UTM.

Holding up the citrus

The Asian Confluence, Shillong, on Friday saw the meeting of young minds through a talk on “Innovative ways to protect and promote unique citrus varieties in the state of Meghalaya”…

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Read more about the article Ensuring a future for Traditional Medicine
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Ensuring a future for Traditional Medicine

An interactive session "Conserving Indigenous Knowledge on Traditional Medicine: Preventive and Therapeutic Nutrition Practiced in India and South Africa" was organized by the Asian Confluence at its conference center on…

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Read more about the article Big numbers for organic farming
Photo: Kunal Chandra

Big numbers for organic farming

The government is promoting organic farming in a big way as a result of which India exported agri-organic products of total volume of 160276.95 MT and realization was around Rs.1155.81…

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Read more about the article Adorning Mawphlang
Installation artist Markus Heinsdorff

Adorning Mawphlang

Bibhudutta Sahu interviews German installation artist Markus Heinsdorff on his creative vision for Indigenous Terra Madre festival in 2015 His works play with perception of space and dimensions. He takes…

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Read more about the article Making biodiverse agriculture part of a food-secure future
Varieties of indigenous potatoes growing in a single farm in Khadarshnong area, Meghalaya. photo NESFAS/ Annelier Bernhart

Making biodiverse agriculture part of a food-secure future

Is biodiverse agriculture an anachronism? Or is it a vital part of a food-secure future? Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050,…

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