In every community, there's a place where tradition,
love for food and entrepreneurship come together right in the heart of someone's home.
A small kitchen where recipes are passed down through generations to make jars of jams or savoury snacks or even a loaf of bread which are then sold in a marketplace in small batches.
This kind of informal setup
for making food is part of the cottage industries that employs millions around the world.
In many regions it is a way of survival.
And so we travel from India to Africa and Latin America to find out how such businesses have not only managed to thrive,
but also change food habits of people in the region.
This business has helped me earn more income.
I can now pay for school transport for my kids and their school fees.
More women should do this work.
Hello and Namaste.
I'm Divina Gupta and you're listening to The Food Chain on the BBC World Service.
I'm in Akheda village.
It's a three-hour drive from Delhi.
Life is slow here.
There are vast farmlands and mud roads.
It's 2pm and some people are working on the farms.
On the edge of these farms, there's a cluster of homes.
Among them is the house of 26-year-old Pooja Sharma, a mother of three and an entrepreneur.