For a global hazard to really get respect these days, it has to threaten Armageddon. Climate change, for instance, is the stuff of apocalyptic movies: it is about flooding, fire and famine. The loss of biodiversity, on the other hand – the shrinking spread of species...
Emmanuelle Bastide: “How do we popularise the traditional cereals like millet and sorghum as well as beans and peanuts which are good for agriculture, us and the planet. These ingredients seem to have been left behind by our youth. But today we will speak to chefs who...
“I already had an inkling of the dire consequences of our diet. But I woke up to the problem only after I encountered the case of a girl who had begun menstruating at the age of six. I was shocked!” My great grandmother lived till the age of 94–this, in a country,...
Flames flew off the pans at the finale cook-off between young chefs in the Smart Food Culinary Challenge Thousands of visitors of the trade fair, including kids, joined in for the countdown as the teams set off to plate their dishes to perfection. The chefs had to go...
Because of its ability to grow well in dry soil, millet has been a staple food crop for low-income families in Africa and Asia for thousands of years. Until recently, this cereal was primarily consumed by the rural families growing it. Now, women farmers are taking...
