“The news of the passing of Wg.Cdr. Akhil Kapoor (Retd) has been received with shock and a feeling of immense loss for all partners working together for improving the health of the people through traditional food.
As part of the Decade of Action to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres has convened a Food Systems Summit scheduled for September this year.
“Indigenous Peoples’ food systems cannot be characterized according to dominant conceptualizations of food systems or value chains. Our food systems comprise different values, systems of governance and cultural relations to food” highlighted Anne Nuorgam, Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
The first Anniversary of the National Coalition for Natural Farming (NCNF) event was held on July 23, 2021 through an online event. The event addressed the emerging agroecological practices that have spread across India, as a form of an agricultural redesign.
Laitsohpliah ALC, an Agroecology Learning Circle group under NESFAS in the East Khasi Hills villages of Laitsohpliah and Laitumiong, recently started their own ALC garden on the 28th of February 2021.
Ka Meghalaya ka la lah ban kiar na ka jingbun kiba ïap ha ka jingwan lynshop ba nyngkong ka khlam COVID-19. Hynrei, ka jylla kaba la lah ban pynduna ïa ka jingïabit ki briew ïa u khñiang jingpang, shen ka la sakhi ïa ka jingkiew sted kiba ïoh ïa kane ka jingpang bad kat ha ka 29 tarik u Ïaiong, ha ka jylla ki la don 16,617 ngut kiba la bit ïa une u khñiang jingpang.
