Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Treaty Talks Podcast: The revival of ancient grains and the role of chefs in sustainable, plant-based cooking

Cassandra Quave in conversation with chef Fatmata Binta. Chef Binta reflects on a rising interest in crop diversity and other trends on plant-based ingredients in gastronomy. Chef Binta herself is an advocate for millets, a crop typically grown by small-scale farmers, and shares her enthusiasm for fonio, which she calls ‘the iconic grain’, in her own cooking and when working with other chefs.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop diversity; Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherInternational Treaty on Plant and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
Publication year2023
RegionsGlobal
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typeMultimedia
Resource linkhttps://soundcloud.com/unfao/treaty-talks-with-fatmata-binta?in=unfao/sets/treaty-talks
KeywordsCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Food system