Analyze, Not Demonize, Jhum Cultivation
The age-old practice of shifting cultivation, also known as ‘Jhum’, has been a cornerstone of indigenous Naga communities. While often criticized as a “destructive” agricultural method, it is imperative to…
The age-old practice of shifting cultivation, also known as ‘Jhum’, has been a cornerstone of indigenous Naga communities. While often criticized as a “destructive” agricultural method, it is imperative to…
The news of Nagaland’s resurgent coffee industry fills us with optimism. The government’s ambitious plan to blanket 50,000 hectares with coffee cultivation by 2030 is a commendable bid to empower…
In the early 1920s, a famine gripped Longkong village in eastern Nagaland. The farmers of this village, inhabited by the Ao Naga community, were unable to cultivate any crop one…
Mokokchung, 19 September (MTNews): The Divisional Management Unit (DMU) of Mokokchung Forest Division of the Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP), an externally aided project assisted by the Japan International Cooperation…
Kohima, 6 September (MTNews): Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio emphasized on the need to document the rich food habits and cuisines of the Nagas. Inaugurating the first Jhum Fair cum…
For many decades now, the state government and its agencies have been campaigning against shifting or jhum cultivation in Nagaland, so much so that the traditional agricultural practice that sustained…
Following the administration’s intervention on the Assam-Nagaland border tension in Tzurangkong as previously reported in this newspaper on 18 March, the Aosenden Village Council Chairman stated that the villagers have…