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Read more about the article Indigenous diets can help fight modern illnesses, say health experts. <br> Traditional food consumed by rural communities contain nutrients that are lacking in high and middle-income countries
Indigenous edible plants of Meghalaya
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Indigenous diets can help fight modern illnesses, say health experts.
Traditional food consumed by rural communities contain nutrients that are lacking in high and middle-income countries

Unprecedented levels of chronic non-communicable diseases are prompting calls to revert to the diets of our ancestors to regain lost nutrients. It is believed that such a shift would help…

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Traditional food consumed by rural communities contain nutrients that are lacking in high and middle-income countries
February 3, 2014
Read more about the article Cooks – The Hidden Change Agents
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Cooks – The Hidden Change Agents

by Rahul Antao 27000. This is the number of meals I have eaten in my life far. How do we come to this number? We all eat approximately 1000 meals…

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February 1, 2014
Read more about the article Mission possible
Diki Tamang of Sikkim built a toilet next to her house after her college-going daughter demanded it (Photo: Sayantan Bera - Down To Earth)
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Mission possible

By Sayantan Bera - Thumbs up to Sikkim Seventy-year-old Lilabati Gautam’s modest wooden house in Ranka block of East Sikkim is better than many posh resorts. Perched on a hill…

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January 31, 2014
Read more about the article Beyond techno fixes<br> <em>Recognise the vulnerable people as knowledge holders and agents of change, and not mere recipients of technical assistance and loans</em>
Mr. Phrang Roy, former Assistant President of IFAD, is the chairperson of NESFAS
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Beyond techno fixes
Recognise the vulnerable people as knowledge holders and agents of change, and not mere recipients of technical assistance and loans

By Phrang Roy - The severe impact of global warming and technical solutions to it have always grabbed the attention of the media. Unfortunately, the socio-economic challenges of climate change…

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Recognise the vulnerable people as knowledge holders and agents of change, and not mere recipients of technical assistance and loans
January 30, 2014
Read more about the article NESFAS at the TED Talks
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NESFAS at the TED Talks

A great idea can be the start of a great revolution. At UTM Shillong, ideas that can change the world for a better tomorrow will take center-stage. The TEDxUTMShillong is…

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January 29, 2014