• Toijam Diana
• Leitam Nabachandra Singh
• Ranjan Hijam

Giving the local food systems a boost and conserving the associated indigenous knowledge possessed by the people of the land is a crucial step towards achieving resilient food systems. The north eastern Indian state of Manipur extends from the foothills of the Himalayan range and is the border to Myanmar. Owing to its unique geography of being located at the conflux of the Himalayan and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots with a population dominated by the indigenous people, and the long awaiting research attention towards it, the state becomes crucial to be considered for this study. Through an extensive ethnographic data along with quantitative yield data collected over a span of two years from the farming communities, this paper attempts to shed light on identified indigenous paddy cultivars that are potentially resilient to climate change alongside weaving the indigenous knowledge possessed by the Meitei community.

Climate Change, Indigenous knowledge, Resilience, Food Security, Adaptation

"Boosting local food systems by identifying climate-resilient indigenous paddy cultivars and indigenous farming knowledge in Manipur, India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.e665-e671, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204489.pdf

"Boosting local food systems by identifying climate-resilient indigenous paddy cultivars and indigenous farming knowledge in Manipur, India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. ppe665-e671, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204489.pdf