Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition in Chizami, Nagaland, India

What lessons can we learn from indigenous and rural communities amidst the global COVID-19 crisis? Between October 2018 and January 2019, the North East Network carried out a research on local food and mapped 210 food diversity cultivated and not in Chizami village, Nagaland, India. Chizami’s great natural richness, offers an opportunity for communities to rely on local farming and feeding on healthy and nutritious food. The COVID-19 crisis has been a moment of reflection for many to think about better ways of producing and consuming food. With this “Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition” video, the participatory video team of the North East Network (NEN) highlights the importance of local farming and healthy nutrition, local solutions that allow people to care for their body and land in a healthy and sustainable way. This vide was produced by the North East Network (NEN) in Nagaland, India: http://northeastnetwork.org This video is part of the “COVID-19: Indigenous Insights” playlist. The playlist contains 6 videos from India, the Philippines and South Africa produced by InsightShare Network international hubs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is a pressure point for the world’s vulnerable peoples. As we all retreat into our homes, their struggles become more invisible. InsightShare Network’s new series amplifying Indigenous and rural communities’ voices on COVID-19 uses media to bring into focus stories on the crisis. Drawing on our global network of Associates, this InsightShare series explores the struggles Indigenous and rural communities face and the solutions they offer. Our partners are working to meet the urgent need of COVID-19 information in local languages, and in culturally relevant ways. InsightShare is supporting them as they define their approach to the long term effects of the global pandemic. We believe that it is grassroots voices who will lead us in change, by identifying our societal fault lines and envisaging life-ways of the future. Find out more about how InsightShare is responding to the global COVID-19 crisis here: https://insightshare.org/covid-19-ind... For more content subscribe to the InsightShare channel and follow us on social media: Youtube:    / insightshare   Facebook:   / insightshareuk   Twitter:   / insightshare   Instagram:   / insight_share   LinkedIn:   / insightshare