In a Different Light: The Karen Rotational Farming Story

NTFP-EP Asia and PASD Thailand present a first-hand look at the rotational farming practices of the Karen people in Northern Thailand, a misunderstood practice that may hold the key towards a more sustainable future.

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

The project supports Adivasi youth training on wild foods from women experts at the Forest Food Field School in Adukkam, India. The scholars will learn to identify, document and harvest nutritious food from the wild, prepare meals from forest resources, and grow and maintain their own food gardens for food resilience.

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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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January 18, 2021

Fourth expert group discussion tackles wild foods and livelihoods

Drawing from the rich experiences of community partners from India and Indonesia on wild foods and their forest-based livelihood experiences, the SIANI Expert Group on Wild Foods, Biodiversity and Livelihood held an online discussion about community-based livelihoods and wild foods READ MORE »

January 8, 2021

ASEAN adopts sustainable harvest guidelines, resource management protocols for NTFPs

The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) have adopted the ASEAN Guidelines for Sustainable Harvest and Resource Management Protocols for Selected Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) during its 42nd annual meeting last October 21, 2020. The guidelines serve as a READ MORE »

December 1, 2020

#GivingTuesday: NTFP-EP continues campaign for forest foods

In its advocacy for promoting indigenous knowledge especially towards the youth, NTFP-EP once again calls for donations this Giving Tuesday to its project supporting Adivasi women in training the youth on wild foods at the Forest Food Field School in READ MORE »

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December 16, 2020

COVID teaches us a lesson in food self-sufficiency

We used to take the availability of food for granted. At least, for those of us who have the means to pay for other people to produce, process and prepare it for us. The restaurants, groceries and markets provided for READ MORE »

December 10, 2020

PHOTO ESSAY: From my village to my sister’s village—United women environmental human rights defenders in Asia

Today as we commemorate International Human Rights Day, we continue to stand in solidarity with women environmental human rights defenders (WEHRD) in Asia in their struggle for gender and environmental justice. During the WEHRD Online Retreat, grassroots WEHRD from all READ MORE »

November 29, 2020

Courage in the face of struggles; hope in solidarity among Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders

Today, November 29, we recognize the Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) around the world. According to the United Nations Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights, WHRDs are “both female human rights defenders, and any other human rights defenders who READ MORE »

In a Different Light: The Karen Rotational Farming Story

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

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

PRSGF open call for proposals

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