Social enterprise alleviates water crisis in rural Malaysia
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I vividly remember witnessing a mother in the Gua Musang region who found herself having to feed her child contaminated water from the river. She resorted to mixing in tea leaves and coffee powder just to mask the unpleasant taste,” shared Chong Tee Lim, the co-founder, and chief marketing officer at Wateroam. In an exclusive interview with […]
Local scientist seeds innovation in GM research
Reading Time: 2 minutesAS the world’s population continues to grow and arable land becomes increasingly scarce, there is a pressing need to enhance the efficiency of food production. At the same time, climate change is wreaking havoc on our planet’s ecosystems, making it increasingly difficult to grow crops in many regions. But Selangor-born scientist, Dr Najiah Mohd Sadali is […]
Saffron made affordable through GM technology
Reading Time: 2 minutesSAFFRON is the most expensive spice in the world. It is mainly cultivated in countries such as Iran, Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco, India and Turkey. Historically, saffron is dubbed as ‘red gold’ and is believed to have been discovered during Bronze age Greece. If you make a quick search on e-commerce platforms, you would find […]
Is “organic food” just a fad or the real deal?
Reading Time: 3 minutes YOU probably would have gone grocery shopping and faced a dilemma of whether to buy products labeled as “organic” or to resort to buying cheaper conventional produce. Evidently, organic foods have significantly gained popularity amongst the public over the years together with the growing concern towards a healthy lifestyle and the environment. Nevertheless, you may […]
Heat and humidity, the life-threatening twins
Reading Time: 2 minutesWITH the rising effects of climate change, heat waves have become more severe and intolerable around the world, posing dangerous health issues such as heat exhaustion, heat strokes, severe dehydration, and heat cramps which could even be fatal. Many places around the world have registered record-breaking high temperatures this year such as India, the UK, […]