A series of four programmes. In an area where 'Sudan makan?' ('Have you eaten?') is as common a greeting as Hello, Derek Cooper looks beyond the flavours and fragrances of Singapore and Malaysia to the nutritional problems, the agricultural breakthroughs and the time-honoured beliefs which add the real spice to eating in the tropics.
2: The Forests of Plenty
Should they grow crops for cash, or food for the table? Malaysian farmers explain why one of the most fertile lands on earth has to import its food.
Producer VANESSA HARRISON