#soy News
Food & Agriculture
Vegan shrimp paste and meatless rendang: Are local flavours key to unlocking alternative protein’s potential in Southeast Asia?
Industry watchers say local start-ups are more nimble and adept at customising their plant-based products to cater to the market’s unique palate. They stand a chance of avoiding problems that have plagued the business in the West.
Food & Agriculture
Deforestation risk think tank Chain Reaction Research winds down
The research organisation behind investigative reports into the palm oil trade and other deforestation-risk commodities has closed after a decade due to a funding shortfall.
Food & Agriculture
India wheat export ban stays despite G7 pressure
India produced an estimated 107.9 million tonnes of wheat between 2020 and 2021, second only to China with 134.3 million tonnes.
Food & Agriculture
Old and new solutions pave way to net-zero emissions farming: Studies
New and emerging technologies could pave the way to net-zero emissions agriculture in the next two decades, using robotics, electric vehicles, improved crop varieties and distributed monitoring.
Food & Agriculture
‘Farmers unaware of ozone’s impact on crop loss’
Food & Agriculture
Drinking coffee in the US? Worry about forests in Vietnam, study warns
#soy Opinion
Food & Agriculture
Human rights hold the key to protecting biodiversity
As governments seek an agreement on a global plan to halt the rapid loss of the world’s biodiversity, the rights of Indigenous peoples, smallholder farmers and other agroecological communities are being sidelined.
Lifestyle
Vegetarian by default
Switching menus so meat is not the default option dramatically reduces meat consumption. But will the effects last?
As the demand for vegetable oil soars, soybean farmers are deciding whether to sell their products for food or biofuel production. With biofuel producers emerging as the highest bidders, what does this mean for the future of food security?
