"School Garden are places where children learn about farming and the food they eat and form a bond with the land," said Mr. Shaiphar Dohlieng, principal of the local school and…
Researchers analysed yields for wheat and rice alongside pollution data, and concluded significant decreases in yield could be attributed to two air pollutants, black carbon and ground level ozone. The finding has implications for global food security as India is a major rice exporter.
Tribal communities have historically faced the brunt of the state's development agenda. It seems the attitude of the government towards the tribal communities has changed little over the years.
On 23rd October 2014 at Terra Madre, Turin, NESFAS was given the opportunity to be part of a conference on gardens according to slow food. Here experiences were shared by groups from all around the world on school gardens and urban gardens operating in respective regions.
NESFAS has always stressed on the importance of the role played by the youth in the promotion of agrobiodiversity and, for a while now, has set its sights on the…
NESFAS has taken collaborative measures to document food festivals, storytellers, agricultural practices, cultural diversity, plants and ethnobotanical information and other related activities and events. The documentation of agrobiodiversity is paramount…