The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has even attacked villages in the far corner of the State. The virus has not even spared the villages, which are within the project area of NESFAS. The situation has compelled NESFAS to go beyond the mandate of the project and work with the 130 villages in Meghalaya and Nagaland and embark on the work of suppressing the spread of the virus.
Ever since its inception in 2012, NESFAS has played a major role in the preservation of indigenous food cultures and traditions in the North East of India, especially in Meghalaya. Over these years, NESFAS has worked relentlessly to fulfill its mission of highlighting the connection between sourcing tasty, healthy, local foods and the responsibility one has towards the protection and preservation of the agrobiodiversity that produces these foods.
Ka dei ka sien kaba nyngkong duh ban pynsngew haka pyrthei ia ka jingiaid lynti ki nongri ngap na ki rilum Khasi Jaintia. Ia ka jingiaid lynti ki nongri ngap la pynpaw pyrthei da U Bah Phrang Roy, uba dei u bongseng jong ka NESFAS ha ka jingrakhe ia ka sngi kyrpang ki ngap kaba la pynlong da ka FAO jong ka United Nations ha ka 20th Tarik, Jymmang,2021.
Ïa ki imlang sahlang ba la shai ne ki Civilization jong ki briew la saiñ, pynwandur bad pyrsad jingim lyngba ki kmie kiba tuid jong kine ki imlang sahlang ba la shai – ka Nile, ka Indus, ka Tigris bad ka Euphrates.
Pollination is one natural process, second only to photosynthesis that decides the future of the ecosystem. Three out of four crops across the globe depend, in some way, on pollination for successful human use; they not only contribute to healthy diets but also to maintaining and nurturing biodiversity on earth.
The Civilizations of man were moulded, shaped and breathed into life from dust through the ebb and flow of the mothers of civilizations – the Nile, the Indus, the Tigris…
