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| Raghavan Sampathkumar |
Beer, Brexit and blockchain
When talking about diversity, Asia is really endowed with its diverse
food culture and traditional practices. Similarly, it is extremely diverse in
terms of agro-climatic zones that help produce a great variety of crops and
some (e.g. cassava) that have great potential to be included in a wide variety
of foods are not known well outside the region.
Lately, protein gained enormous
attention and particularly vegetable sources (e.g. pulses) have become quite
popular across the world. Ever since the UN announced 2016 as the International
Year of Pulses, globally interest from different industry stakeholders grew
exponentially, specifically on how to use pulses as sources of protein and also
for other special (e.g. gluten-free) products. Recently I stumbled upon one of
the most surprising innovations and it is revealed at the end of this column.
While the next most talked about issue globally was Brexit and what
happens next for the countries that trade with EU ASEAN countries, which export
huge quantities of seafood to the EU. As the call to exit has been sounded, it
remains to be seen whether the countries will realign their positions and trade
relationships during the process which is said to be taking at least a couple
of years. Largely, there has been an understanding that the trade relationships
with UK will remain unaffected, if not grow.
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