Donate and help train 10 Adivasi youth on forest foods in India

NTFP-EP is participating in the September GlobalGiving Accelerator program to support 10 youth from Tamil Nadu and train them in identifying, documenting and harvesting nutritious food from the wild. They will also learn to prepare meals from forest resources and care for their own food gardens.

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Wild Foods and Community-based Livelihoods

This is the fourth and final installment in the four-part discussion series of the SIANI Expert Group on wild foods, biodiversity and livelihood.

Femy Pinto, Executive Director of NTFP-EP Asia and Expert Group lead, will moderate the session on wild foods in relation to community-based livelihoods. She will be joined by Crissy Guerrero of NTFP-EP Asia and PARARA Indonesian Ethical Store, Mathew John of Last Forest, India and enterprise partners from the community.

Contribute to our online campaign!

We are inviting indigenous people, local communities, support groups and other organizations working with sustainability from South and Southeast Asia to contribute stories and reflections about wild foods, biodiversity and livelihoods. Read more.

Wild Tastes in Asia: Coming Home to the Forest for Food

This book gives us a glimpse into the array of factors that go into the collection of food in the wild—the knowledge to identify species, the spaces and times when particular foods become available, the resources necessary to collect certain foods (like traps and diggers), the norms involved in gathering and sharing food, and the traditions that ensure sustainable harvests of resources. Read more

PRSGF open call for proposals

In partnership with Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA), NTFP-EP is accepting proposals for the Pastor Rice Small Grants. Click here to apply.

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September 14, 2020

DONATE NOW: Campaign to train 10 Adivasi youth on forest foods in India launched

NTFP-EP invites donors to crowdfund US$5,000 this September to support and train 10 Adivasi youth on forest foods in India through the GlobalGiving Accelerator campaign. The project will support 10 youth from Tamil Nadu to undergo training in the 1st READ MORE »

July 16, 2020

What’s your wild food story? Contribute to our online campaign!

Let the world know about your connection with indigenous food, biodiversity and livelihoods! We are inviting indigenous people, local communities, support groups and other organizations working with sustainability from South and Southeast Asia to contribute stories and reflections about wild READ MORE »

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