Nearly one in six people in Southeast Asia is a smallholder farmer, often working tiny, inefficient plots of just one or two hectares. They are among these countries´ poorest people. Grow Asia, formed a year ago by the World Economic Forum and ASEAN, is aiming to change that. It has
South Africa is fast becoming a culinary hotspot. Not only do we boast world-class tourism products but we are also firmly establishing their selves with their diverse lifestyle offerings. Culinary tourism is a subset of Cultural tourism and contributes significantly to the tourism experience which promotes cultural diversity and social
A survey has found that people in Luxembourg generate on average 123 kilos of food waste each year, 56 kilos of which could be avoided. Households generated the highest proportion of food waste, followed by the catering industry and business. The study suggested that consumers surveyed in Luxembourg were concerned
Denmark’s second largest city was named among the best European destinations to visit in 2016 by influential travel guide Lonely Planet.Lonely Planet, the global travel publisher, has ranked Aarhus number two in its list of the ten best destinations in Europe for 2016. Aarhus, with its population of just 330,000
Tucson’s title as a UNESCO World City of Gastronomy, the first in this country to receive the label — isn’t just about food. It’s about their food system, and the honor came because Tucson has a local, interconnected and ancient one. Historic preservation officer Jonathan Mabry compiled the 16-page application
According to Defne Karaosmanoglu, a research associate at the Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies at the University of London, “food cultures of a particular community help us to understand how that community connects to the past, lives in the present and imagines its future.” At a time when there are more
Gastronomy can capture the imagination in times of revolution or indeed in times of severe hunger. The third biennial Dublin Gastronomy Symposium will take place in DIT Cathal Brugha Street on May 31st and June 1st around the theme of revolution. The most downloaded paper from the archives of the
According to data collected by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAA), in 2014 there were 29.1 million hectares of transgenic soybean crops—a sizable portion of the 42.2 million hectares given over to GM crops (besides soybeans, 12.5 million hectares of corn and 0.6 million hectares of
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva praised Petrini’s contribution to increasing public awareness on the need to improve agriculture in Europe and ensure a sustainable food supply chain. According to Silva “These include numerous activities drawing attention to the necessity to reintroduce local crops that smallholders and subsistence farmers can
OpenAG, an open-source agricultural research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, advocates for an open-source, computerized food system that would account for the environmental and socio-economic effects of food production. Here a team of engineers, architects, urban planners, economists, and scientists are on the mission to
Traditionally, many tribal members grew lima beans, squash, corn, and other vegetables; used mesquite trees for food, medicine, and other practical purposes; and relied on wild game for food. Today, about 12,000 acres of their reservation are used for industrial farming—cotton, alfalfa, potatoes, and other commercial crops—but, in the
According to a recent Harvard Food Law Policy Clinic´s report. Up to 91 percent of Americans polled said that they have occasionally thrown away food after its “sell by” date, even though half of them did not know the meaning of the label. In response to the huge amount of
On Friday, The Food and Drug Administration finalized new nutrition fact labels for packaged foods. Some cosmetic changes include bigger font sizes and bolder type for calories count and serving sizes. Another change will be serving sizes that reflect realistic portions. Some bottled beverage, many of which are completely consumed
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China has hosted the First World Conference on Tourism for Development on 19 May. Under the theme ‘Tourism for Peace and Development,’ the event is the first high-level meeting to address how tourism can contribute to the
The week of June 6-12 will be celebrated as Local Food Week across all of Ontario, US. Since 2003, the province has invested more than $116 million in initiatives and projects that help promote and celebrate the good things grown, harvested and made in Ontario. Actually, this province is a
Increasingly, Africa is at the forefront in promoting the tourism industry as a means of improving the continent’s economic development and reputation, not only among Africans but also among foreigners too. Africa has attracted and continues to lure foreign investors to its lucrative tourism sector. A foreign investor can either
