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How I’m helping to develop more-resilient food systems

Geographer Bhogtoram Mawroh works with Indigenous People in Meghalaya, India, to adapt agriculture to climate change.
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  1. Nikki Forrester

    1. Nikki Forrester is a science journalist based in Davis, West Virginia.

Bhogtoram Mawroh examines bean leaves in a field of crops while speaking with a local farmer in Khweng village, Meghalaya, India.

Bhogtoram Mawroh is a consultant at the North East Society for Agroecology Support in Shillong, India. Credit: Sayan Hazra for Nature

“Here in Meghalaya, India, the practices of Indigenous Peoples influence the foods that we eat and where they come from. It’s a food system characterized by richness and diversity. The Khasi, Garo and Karbi Indigenous People here grow multiple plant species together on the same land, use several approaches to farming and rely on knowledge of the surrounding forests and rivers. In the conventional system of farming, people grow food in one place all the time. But here, people farm in different areas across the mountains every year.

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Nature 643, 1444 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02352-w

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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