Price of Rice Soars
Thai rice policy sows worldwide uncertainty.
IRIN
Chickpea Therapy
Chickpea goes to the rescue of children in Pakistan, who are suffering “critical levels” of malnutrition after the devastating floods of 2010.
IRIN
The Rice Dumpling:An Echo of What We Once Were
For a long time, the Duan Wu festival was one of few occasions in the year that poor Chinese allowed themselves the luxury of meat.
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
The Duan Wu Festival – and Its Dumplings
Making rice dumplings is a family tradition in many Chinese homes. But did you know one practises dumpling-wrapping with sand, instead of rice?
HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Disaster-prone but Still Hungry for Nuclear Energy
In the hope of bringing electricity to some of Indonesia’s 90 million people, the country is proceeding with plans to build four nuclear reactors, despite growing opposition.
IRIN
Feeding the Hungry Giant
How will China, a nation with 22% of the world’s population but with only 9% of the world’s arable land, continue to feed her people?
DAVE HOLMAN
Tony Tan Caktiong
Napoleon famously said that quantity has a quality of its own. Tell that to Filipino fast-food king, Tony Tan Caktiong.
LEE HAN SHIH