Shreya Chaudhuri (2025)
Equi-Tea: মাটিৰ মুক্তি, মানুহৰ মুক্তি / “liberation of the land is liberation of her people”
The Equi-Tea Project puts my thesis research on Indigenous agroforestry into action by restoring ecological and economic justice within Assam’s tea industry. Through a three-pronged approach, I will expand my Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) archive into a farmer-accessible resource, build a collective for knowledge-sharing and agroforestry transition, and launch Chai for Change—a sustainable, farmer-led tea brand connecting Assam to global markets. Rooted in six generations of family tea farming and informed by fieldwork, this project uplifts Indigenous science, supports community sovereignty, and transforms exploitative supply chains into regenerative ones—restoring farmers’ agency as ecological stewards.
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