Imphal, Manipur – Wetin we dey talk about? Dem dey organize beta school awareness program on 16th October 2025 for Mao-Maram High School. Na big chance wey go show school pikin dem how to grow food wey no go break bank for our pockets!
This event go carry live demonstrations on kitchen gardening, traditional crop cultivation, and local foods straight to the students. Na so we go educate dem about sustainable agriculture, teach dem wetin make local produce dey healthy, and highlight wetin happen if we no preserve our indigenous farming knowledge. You sabi say hunger no dey respect anybody?
As World Food Day 2025 dey come, the theme follow as e link with dis initiative wey dey encourage Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and schools to join hand together. No be only to dey watch, but make dem participate too! We dey talk community ownership, intergenerational learning, and a stronger local food system. E go sweet like sugarcane!
The program go kick off by 11:30 a.m. sharp! Abeg, no late o! Na National Institute of Technology Manipur dey spearhead this initiative under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS). Dem dey waka with G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NHE) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC). E get as e be!
Omo, Dr. Azhoni Adani go be the Project PI wey dey manage all dis wahala, while Dr. Chubbamenla Jamir and Dr. Mala Narang Reddy go join as Co-PIs. All these highly educated people dey push for make sure say we fit understand the importance of food wey come from our land.
We no wan hear say you miss this opportunity! School pikin dem go learn wetin e mean to grow their own food, and how dem fit take turn their surroundings to better garden wey fit feed them and their families. Plus, who no like fresh vegetable for dish? Na hin we go sabi chop life!
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