Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research. Maize and precolonial Africa. Maize contributed to slavery. Current agricultural diversification strategies are already agroecological. Ancient Maya Lowland agriculture sounds very agroecological. History indeed.

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Agroecology Maize Seeding Science 175

Food Tank

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When I arrived in Mexico City nine years ago to research the effort by citizen groups to stop multinational seed companies from planting genetically modified corn in Mexico, the groups had just won an injunction to suspend planting permits. They know maize is different.” He said with a smile, “The judge surely eats tacos. He was right.

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Maize Food Agroecology Seeding 145

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

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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Maize Science Food Crop 143

Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is an alliance uniting civil societies dedicated to promoting agroecology and food sovereignty across Africa. The researchers, farmers, chefs, artists, gardeners, and seed savers who contribute to the project work to preserve the seeds and stories of dozens of collard varieties.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Seeding 145