Food
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‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industries
Using explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lank…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, El Niño southern oscillation, Environment, Food, Food security, Global development, India, Rice, Society, South and Central Asia, Thailand, World news
‘Major disruptor’: El Niño threatens the world’s rice supplies
After India imposed an export ban on rice following destructive rains, prices have soared – now other countrie…
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Pad kaphrao contest seeks true taste of Thailand’s national dish
Tourism body tries to nail down best recipe for a dish popular at home but often overshadowed abroad Pad kaphr…
- Business, Food, Food & drink industry, India, Inflation, International trade, Rice, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s ban on rice exports raises fear of global food price rises
Attempt to curb domestic inflation behind country’s decision on non-basmati white riceIndia has banned non-bas…
- Children, Food, Food & drink industry, Global development, India, Nutrition and development, South and Central Asia, Sugar, World news
How food companies ‘sweetened the world’ – and increased the risk of disease
The hard sell of ultra-processed foods in developing countries as being ‘good for you’ gives children a taste …
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Tomato crisis hits India as rain ravages crops and prices rise 400%
Consumers, farmers and even McDonald’s struggle in shortage blamed on irregular weatherListening to the chatte…
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‘Bread is much easier’: how Japan fell out of love with rice
The traditional staple is losing the battle with more convenient and cheaper alternative foods The Dojima bran…
- Animals, Conservation, Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Film, Fishing, Food, India, Marine life, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Against the Tide review – old ways vs the new in a study of modern Indian fisherfolk
Seafaring friends from Mumbai cope with a changing climate and an unforgiving economy in different ways in Sar…
- Environment, Farming, Food, Food security, Global development, India, Indian food and drink, Indigenous peoples, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
How India’s ‘millet ambassador’ preserves ancient grains – and helps promote food security
Laheri Bai’s seed bank ensures traditional grains are kept alive amid a wider effort to promote millet’s suita…
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Chinese culinary craze of stir-fried stones rocks the internet
Resurgence of centuries-old suodiu (suck and discard) dish has seen chefs frying up pebbles with ginger and ch…
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Japan vending machines to automatically offer free food if earthquake hits
Machines in coastal city of Ako, are located in an area that experts say is vulnerable to a future powerful ea…
- Business, Commodities, Employment, Food, Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tea, World news
‘We give our blood so they live comfortably’: Sri Lanka’s tea pickers say they go hungry and live in squalor
Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make…
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New Zealand loses fight with Australia over mānuka honey trademark
Intellectual Property Office rules that New Zealand beekeepers’ attempt to stop Australian producers using the…
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Okonomiyaki: street food that helped rebuild Hiroshima in the G7 spotlight
As the city prepares for global leaders to arrive for the summit, restaurants are gearing up for a surge in vi…
- Animals, Dogs, Environment, Farming, Food, Global development, Life and style, Nepal, Pets, South and Central Asia, World news
Curd instinct: ancient Nepali food reborn as dog chews in US
Exporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villagesOn a cold, wet…