Shillong: Britain's Prince Charles on Tuesday stressed the need to change the current global food situation, as indigenous communities from 58 countries started deliberations here on sustainable agriculture, food production and land resources.

The five-day Indigenous Terra Madre festival, being held in India for the first time, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma. It is being attended by 147 indigenous communities from 58 countries, including tribes from the aboriginal lands of Australia, the Amazonian Indians, native American Indians and other indigenous communities from African and Asian countries, besides 59 indigenous communities from India.