Year: 2020

For thousands of years, cooking has been an integral part of our existence since we learned the application of fire. Over these countless years, cooking has evolved to define our culture, health, and agriculture. In this age of digitization and automation cooking remains one of our core activities -either as a food processing industry or …

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OrjaBox presents a video series on – Cooking Fuels in Indian Kitchens. This video captures various cooking fuels used in rural and urban kitchens, the cost of fuels, and access to fuels. This video series gives insights about the needs and following action points for making cooking sustainable in rural and urban areas. Designing good …

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Our survey revealed that most of our respondents use gas and electricity for cooking. Very few people have access to solar cooking, biogas, and improved biomass cookstoves for cooking. Fuel selection and stove selection have a considerable impact on the cooking budget of families as well as on the environment. Approximately 50% -60% of the …

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As per our survey results, most of our respondents prefer home-cooked food over ready to eat meals. However, many respondents prefer processed (ready to eat) or semi-processed (ready to cook)foods depending on time and resource availability. To help us make informed decisions about sustainable cooking, I have collated some factual information about ready to eat …

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OrjaBox recently conducted a short survey about sustainable cooking. Here are the results of this survey which reveal interesting cooking trends. Interpretations of the survey results will be analyzed in the following series of articles. Our survey revealed that nutrition and home cooking are the topmost drivers for making cooking-related decisions. Interestingly, a report by UNICEF on food security …

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