Sasatgre in West Garo Hills is an active participating partner village of NESFAS. The village of Sasatgre, erstwhile Rongdikgre, has an interesting story to its name. The word Sasat is…
A series of technical training sessions were held at Natural Integrated Farm, Wahpati, Moodymmai organized by Society for Urban & Rural Empowerment (SURE) in collaboration with NESFAS for the ALC…
On May 28, 2022, students of Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU) Shillong from various departments and semesters participated in an exposure trip to Nongtraw which was facilitated by NESFAS. The…
A few weeks ago the author visited the Directorate of Agriculture with one of his colleagues from NESFAS (North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society). During a discussion, one of the senior staff of the Department remarked that the lack of proper registration of land holdings has been responsible for the farmers in the State missing financial ben
On the 9th of June, 2022, NESFAS’ latest project “Rice-centric Community Seed Banks for Healthy and Resilient Food Systems” was inaugurated by Shri James P K Sangma, honorable cabinet minister, Government of Meghalaya, at Sadolpara in West Garo Hills
NESFAS and its communities have been regarded as guardians of the Indigenous FoodSystems (IFS) for the continued work to promote and conserve the traditional food systems and the agrobiodiversity that supports these systems.
