SECURING OUR SEED SOVEREIGNTY
In an interview with the Hindu (April 6, 2012), Dr. Debal Deb, a rice conservationist, revealed that India had more than 100,000 varieties of Rice until as recently as 1970.…
In an interview with the Hindu (April 6, 2012), Dr. Debal Deb, a rice conservationist, revealed that India had more than 100,000 varieties of Rice until as recently as 1970.…
For World Earth Day 2019, NESFAS team had an in-house celebration to commemorate this event. We planted a bayberry sapling and organized a pot-luck lunch. An episode of ‘Our Planet’…
Phrang Roy, chairman of the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS), on 18th April 2019 inaugurated a Community Seed Bank at Laitsohpliah, East Khasi Hills. After the inauguration, Roy…
Three communities from Meghalaya participated in the monthly Mei Ramew Farmers’ Market which was organised by the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) on Saturday at the office’s…
On the 9th of April, 2019, Plantina Mujai and Dial Muktieh from Khweng and Babika from Plasha collaborated to cater lunch to 1,500 participants and officials at the #GOVOTELok Sabha…
Subsequent to the success of the Indigenous Youth Fellowship Programme in 2017, NESFAS, a local indigenous organisation, will host the programme for 2019 while bearing most of the cost of this…