Adivasi Food Festival-2017 was a celebration of a tradition that has seen many a loss but still has refused to succumb to misfortune

खाद्य सुरक्षा, जैव विविधता, मौसम बदलाव और पर्यावरणीय दृष्टि से भी इसका महत्व आज बढ़ गया है। On Jhum agriculture around Niyamgiri

“We are Dongria Kondh. We will die without our sacred hills and seeds.” ­­- a priestess from the Niyamgiri Hills in eastern India.

The seed-scarce community has moved towards seed sufficiency within one cropping season. Tribal communities in Kandhamal have broken the barrier of mono-cropping by reverting to millet based bio-diverse cropping systems.