PUBLICATIONS: Enhanced Nutritional Diversity as a means of supplementing the MDM programme using Local Resources, a GIZ-NESFAS project

As part of the GIZ project “Enhancing nutritional diversity as a means of supplementing the mid-day meals of primary school children using local resources”, NESFAS produced 6 publications, which corroborated…

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AGROECOLOGY AND INDIGENOUS FARMERS OF MEGHALAYA

  Like for many parts of the country Meghalaya’s economy is still highly dependent on agriculture. The primary sector (which includes agriculture and other natural resources extraction activities) contributes around…

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NESFAS at Biodiversity Festival Chizami 2017

On the 8th March 2017, North East Network marked Women’s Day by celebrating Biodiversity Festival with the theme ‘Celebrating Biological diversity, Bonding Earth Communities’ at Chizami Village, Nagaland. NESFAS, having…

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Women are the undeniable protectors of the biodiversity

Women traditionally play a central role in any indigenous communities. NESFAS highlights the role of women as custodians of our agrobiodiversity and foodways. Today, March 8th marks the 106th anniversary…

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