The Sirsiya River, once central to daily life, agriculture, and religious rituals in southern Nepal, is now heavily polluted with industrial waste and sewage, rendering it a public health hazard.
Unseasonal rains, pest outbreaks and land degradation are driving crop losses in India, while toxins, poor grain quality and delayed harvests threaten health and incomes.
Ramon “Chin-Chin” Uy Jr is a sustainable food entrepreneur based on Negros Island in the Philippines, which recently hosted the global “good food” movement Slow Food’s first-ever regional conference in Asia and the Pacific.
From depending on others for food to cultivating a sustainable and marketable crop, marginalised tribes in Kerala are reclaiming their livelihoods one tuber at a time.