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Brainfood: Biodiversity review, History, Maize history, Maya ag, Agroecology, Ancient curry, IK, Culture & policy, Breeding review, Pacific PGRFA, Pacific breeding, Epidemics, Xylella

Agricultural Biodiversity

Maize and precolonial Africa. Maize contributed to slavery. Current agricultural diversification strategies are already agroecological. Ancient Maya Lowland agriculture sounds very agroecological. Apulian Autochthonous Olive Germplasm: A Promising Resource to Restore Cultivation in Xylella fastidiosa-Infected Areas.

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Brainfood: Marroon rice, Dutch aroids, Sicilian saffron, Inca agriculture, Native American agriculture, Mexican peppers, Afro-Mexican agriculture, Sahelian landraces, Small-scale fisheries, Coconut remote sensing

Agricultural Biodiversity

Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters. Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico. The sedimentary record can be used to recover traditional knowledge too. And vice versa. domestication in Mexico.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If The closest analogues—wheat in the countries of Europe, rice across Asia—pale beside the cultural and dietary importance of maize in the land where it was first domesticated.

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124 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2024!

Food Tank

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is an alliance uniting civil societies dedicated to promoting agroecology and food sovereignty across Africa. Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) , United States By cultivating a network of producers across the state of Iowa, PFI is working to build resilient farms and communities.

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