Various kinds of tofu (soya bean cakes), China, Asia

Soya sauce factory, China, Asia

Vietnamese street food, organic soya, Ca Mau, Vietnam

Fermenting soya sauce at Youbu Old Town, Lanxi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China

Soy bean field, Hudson, Illinois, Midwest, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Soya Beans and Fermented Soya Beans

A brass plate full of offerings to God. Coconut, dried fish, black soya beans, duck eggs, oiled wicks, colour powder, bitten rice, betel nut, hand made rice paper incense, unhusked rice and flowers. Brahmayani Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Malawian workers toil in a crop of soay below Mount Mulanje. In this poorest of African countries, many agricultural workers earn less than £1 a day.

Cambodia w farmer holding soya beans, ready for planting. Toul village, kampong cham

Cambodia the won family weeding their soya patch, kompong cham

Tapa,tuna,tartar with soya, ginger and wasabi sauce.Tickets Bar,AV del Paralelo 164, Barcelona, Spain

Tapa,tuna,tartar with soya, ginger and wasabi sauce.Tickets Bar,AV del Paralelo 164, Barcelona, Spain

Organic supermarket.

Organic supermarket.

Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido, Japan

Soya Kyuryo, Hokkaido

fresh yellow tofu for sale, Market Bago, Myanmar

Vivid asian fish rolls tray chopsticks with soya sauce wasabi back concrete floor

Soy beans of genetically modified seeds, Paraguay, South America

Top view asian food with soya

Soya spaghetti with clams, Italy

Barn and shed with soya bean field in foreground, Bromont, Quebec, Canada

MALAWI Ngwila Cropped view of Efero Lodi holding handful of organically grown soya. Organic farming allows farmers to achieve the same yields without the use of expensive fertilisers.