SHILLONG: The North-East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) on Monday launched the TIP Indigenous Youth Fellowship Programme organised by The Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty (TIP) at the office premises.
NESFAS partner communities also plan to host NofriYani from Indonesia and Edgar Osvaldo from Mexico who will be accompanied by Merrysha Nongrum and Chenxiang R Marak in several programmes to be held across the state till June 17. The lot will then travel to Rome and Italy to continue the project for one more month.
The field work initiative is supported by the Rural Electrification Corporation Limited of India and the government of Meghalaya.
The individuals from the organisation will get insight from the month-long programme on local initiatives in the field of indigenous food and livelihood systems.
The second Indigenous Youth Fellowship Programme, after it was first piloted in the year 2017 in which two persons from Meghalaya played roles, will provide great opportunities to the current representatives.