This article examines the potential impact of India’s Act East Policy on the food systems of the Konyak Nagas, an indigenous community in Nagaland. The article studies how the traditional knowledge of the Konyak Nagas about the land, labour and ecology has influenced their food culture. The communal landholdings, shifting cultivation, natural preservation of food items, manual labour in agricultural lands and chemical-free fertilisation process have so far kept the Konyaks self-sufficient in terms of requirement of food, and kept the market forces at bay. Emphasising the significance of food security in the changing global scenario in the post-pandemic period and considering the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the article explores how Act East Policy’s capitalistic rationalisation of resources may significantly affect their sustainable means of subsistence and appropriate their farms and platters, which are an integral element of the cultural fabric of the community.

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印度东向行动政策对科尼亚克那加人粮食系统和文化遗产的影响：可持续生存和资本主义合理化的案例研究

本文探讨了印度的“东进政策”对那加兰邦土著社区科尼亚克纳加斯 (Konyak Nagas) 粮食系统的潜在影响。本文研究了科尼亚克那加人关于土地、劳动力和生态的传统知识如何影响他们的饮食文化。迄今为止，公共土地所有权、轮耕、食品的自然保存、农业用地的手工劳动和无化学施肥过程使科尼亚克人在食品需求方面保持自给自足，并将市场力量拒之门外。文章强调了粮食安全在大流行后时期不断变化的全球形势中的重要性，并考虑到联合国的可持续发展目标，探讨了“向东政策”的资源资本主义合理化可能如何显着影响他们的可持续生存手段并占用他们的农场和盘子，它们是社区文化结构的一个组成部分。