A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper | Pierre Thiam

Forget quinoa. Meet fonio, an ancient "miracle grain" native to Senegal that's versatile, nutritious and gluten-free. In this passionate talk, chef Pierre Thiam shares his obsession with the hardy crop and explains why he believes that its industrial-scale cultivation could transform societies in Africa.

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[habydiop]

I 'm a african but I never know all of this about this grain, this is definitely stunning. after this epical illustration, the implementation of his ideas could be indeed the solution of the Africans issues

[brendarua]

What a wonderful presentation! I applaud his vision and drive. The background he provides gives a context of local problems and how they can be solved locally, but in a global market.

[medickril]

I love this man. He deserves to be on that stage.

[everythingispolitics]

What a brilliant and edifying talk. Africa is everything! My love language! May the continent continue to prosper and triumph above its adversaries. Ase!

[jeisonfabiancastelblancoro]

I really felt identified with him, cause in my country, colombia, there are some comparison problems, we don't have a drought land, but the young population prefer to emigrate to the cities or to other countries, and in spite of colombia is not as rich as other countries, it have the potential in kind of food, production and techniques. But that has been lost due to the competitive imported products have gaining space, and it's bad because our food is more tasty than the other. But I always have wanted to do something about it. he is really strong to try to do something.

[dioubairoumbaye]

Am really proud of you Sir Pierre Thiam !!!
🇸🇳 this presentation need to be shown by these seneglese who even dont know the value of our local foods thx for inspiring me.... Great Pierre Thiam

[lostboys_uk]

Pierre is an incredibly inspirational chef, visionary and speaker, he is changing lives with his work

[lapeul]

Fonio is one of my favorites foods. I grew up with it, but It was hard to find in Dakar, Senegal. My parents had our supply coming from Guinee year round.

[nicksfix]

Great Vision
I pray they will see it done with exceeding success!

[chrisomoding]

This is great! I have heard of fonio but have never seen it. We need to promote our ancient African foods. Thank you for this research.

[Apostate_ofmind]

What most people dont understand here in the comments is that starving countries are MORE prone to unstable government! When you solve the problem of people getting desperate because they are hungry, you solve almost the whole problem. The rest can be worked on with less pressure if have one less problem (the survival of your family) to think about. Desperate minds become violent.

[abigailhall]

Wonderful presentation! Now, I plan to try fonio for myself.

[Finkreacts]

i saw this fonio in my store other day .... just realized this is 6 years ago .. glad u made it hope its all good and well :)

[chocoflan]

WHY FORGET QUINOA we can have BOTH! Cant wait to try fonio

[chadoftoons]

Interressting
Its not him talking about a vision but him doing it and just wanting to tell us about it
Well lets hope it works out

[LogicPTK]

Nature plays such an important roll. Being at one with the world!
I hope people recognise the challenge of life and how much we can help each other in the process.
If the Governments & businesses who created the these situations would back down, and let life prosper, over wealth! I hope these solutions will encourage productivity & wealth among the people in countries of hardship, who deserve the truth and realistic analysis.
And relative but equal justice for each cause.

[SLACKLINEDUDE]

I love how this totally sounded like click bait, oddly refreshing.

[alcadieasplay]

Great vision which purely reflects his concern towards the condition of his home country

[annjuurinen]

Seems like a plan to solve many problems. Those who are looking to get into a new grain market might want to look at this grain. We need new answers to increasing drought in many parts of the world. This is one answer,

[sagrodasia]

In Kuala Lumpur met Sayed Izham talking about Forgotten Food. Here Ibrahim Seydi of Senegal origin too will be making an impact
Hopefully you will be coming here soon