Lyngngam: Assessing the effects of land-use change on Agrobiodiversity in Northeast India

Located in the Umdang region of Megalaya's deer, PAR and local partners jointly developed one of the eight biocultural landscapes funded by the Christensen Foundation and "agricultural creatures supporting land management decisions Use diversity conservation "interdisciplinary research project". With the agricultural biodiversity and food sovereign indigenous partnerships and its local sister NGO, NESFAS, we work with three regional villages to assess and explain agricultural biodiversity, Understand changes in land use and agricultural practices. And understand farmers' perceptions of ecosystem services and factors that give them flexibility

The participating community Lyngngam-Khasis is one of many unique indigenous communities in northeastern India, a subgroup of Khasis, a major ethnic group living in Meghalaya. Lyngngam people speak their own dialects and are known for their rich stories about tradition, a tradition that often expresses relationships between people and the earth. For example, the narrator expresses happiness using the word "Im Myriang" which means "the living Earth". It is one of the foundations of "Im Myrhiang" to inherit land through the youngest daughter (Source: NESFAS)

Located in India - Burma area in northeastern India, Meghalaya is one of two biodiversity hotspots in the country. Lingham's remote location is one of the most diverse agricultural biodiversity areas in the state. Traditional production systems are mainly characterized by crop agriculture (Jhum), which maintains many different traditional crops. Other land use includes paddy fields, families and orchards, and preserved forests.

The community believes that the diversity of traditional production and food systems is now challenged by several forces. These forces include expansion of crop rotation agriculture that erodes and preserves forests, a sharp decrease in leave period, and poor soil generation.

It is recommended to adopt innovative and collaborative means between traditional methods and modern science to ensure future resilience. In order to achieve important ecosystem regulations and to document regional knowledge on the practice of diversity management it is imperative to protect the community from forest protection.

Meghalaya is a state in northeastern India and has two major tribal groups, Khasi and Garo. The controversial origin of the Lyngngam tribe of Meghalaya is the result of their geographical distribution, sandwiched between two major tribes. Analysis of historical, language and demographic data of the past so far suggests that neighboring Khasi and Garo are Lyngngam's putative parent group. In this paper we explored the origin of the Lyngngam tribe using autosomal, Y chromosome and molecular genetic markers of mtDNA to study all seven subgroups of Lyngngam, Garo and Khasi of Meghalaya. An estimate of the mixture of Lyngngam and putative parent population was obtained. The autosomal STR and mtDNA results clearly show the origin of Lyngngam by Khasi, but the Y-STR distance shows that Lyngngam is closer to Garo.

Located in India - Burma area in northeastern India, Meghalaya is one of two biodiversity hotspots in the country. Lingham's remote location is one of the most diverse agricultural biodiversity areas in the state. Traditional production systems are mainly characterized by crop agriculture (Jhum), which maintains many different traditional crops. Other land use includes paddy fields, families and orchards, and preserved forests. It is recommended to adopt innovative and collaborative means between traditional methods and modern science to ensure future resilience. In order to achieve important ecosystem regulations and to document regional knowledge on the practice of diversity management it is imperative to protect the community from forest protection.

The participating community Lyngngam-Khasis is one of many unique indigenous communities in northeastern India, a subgroup of Khasis, a major ethnic group living in Meghalaya. The people of Lyngngam speak their own dialects and are known for their rich stories about tradition. It is a tradition that often expresses the relationship between people and the earth. For example, the narrator expresses happiness using the word "Im Myriang" which means "the living Earth". It is one of the foundations of "Im Myrhiang" to inherit land through the youngest daughter (Source: NESFAS)