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So does the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Looking for an African take on African agricultural development? Want to grow perennial crops for the Land Institute? Do you think there should be a, well, systemic approach to the food system? Hope they include seed systems. And genebanks. Let Chris Kornman sell you one.
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More African native crops hype for Dr Wood to object to. Seriously though, some crops do need more research, if only so they can be grown somewhere else. Fortunately Indigeneous Colombian farmers have the right idea about sustainability. Collard greens breeders do too, for that matter.
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Food and Agriculture Organization calculates—which makes the problem of soil erosion so much more concerning. About a third of the world’s soils are currently degraded, the FAO says , and poor land management practices and hyper-industrialized agriculture is pushing that number higher. If we want good food, we need good soil.
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