Voices from Asia: Elevating Champions for Wild Foods and Traditional Crops (Webinar)

For Indigenous communities across Asia, wild food species and traditional crops are more than just sustenance—they are a living weather station, a classroom, a pharmacy, and a cultural heritage all in one. As we shift toward commercialized food systems, we aren’t just losing species like yams, tubers, and millets; we are losing the taste for our own resilience.

Our recent regional exchange, “Voices from Asia: Elevating Champions for Wild Foods and Traditional Crops,” revealed a sobering reality. There is about one decade to bridge the gap between the eroding ancestral wisdom and the growing taste divide before these knowledge systems are permanently lost.

To meet this challenge, NTFP-EP Asia, the Wild Foods in Asia Expert Group (supported by SIANI), and the Indigenous-Led Education (ILED) Network, organized this webinar that shared the integration of action research and community-led education fosters long-term food sovereignty. Through amplifying the voices of elders, women, and youth, the event highlighted diverse pathways for protecting traditional biological resources while championing the educational strategies needed to keep them alive.

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Read the full report and learn more: https://ntfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Full-Report-Voices-from-Asia-Elevating-Champions-for-Wild-Foods-and-Traditional-Crops.pdf 

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