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Building Resilience Through Localization in West and Central Africa

Food Tank

In addition to growing millet, sorghum, maize, and other crops, they produce seeds to use the following year. Many, unfortunately, were resorting to eating the seeds they had intended to plant the following season. Many, unfortunately, were resorting to eating the seeds they had intended to plant the following season.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

If the biotech companies defeat maize in its center of origin, it will embolden them to do the same in other centers of origin,” said Tania Monserrat Téllez, an organizer with Sin Maiz, No Hay Pais (Without Corn, There Is No Nation), a coalition of groups in Mexico supporting the ban. Photo by Omar Torres/AFP via Getty Images.

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From Faltering to Flourishing: Local Food Supply Chains are Making a Comeback 

Agritecture Blog

Everything from the number of farms, to the types of crops, to how they get to market, have all become more consolidated in recent decades. Because of the political and scientific focus on staple grain production, just three crops (wheat, rice and maize) make up almost half of global calorie consumption.

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124 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2024!

Food Tank

The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought. Crop Trust , International Crop Trust is dedicated to conserving plant genetic resources to promote sustainable agriculture and support global food security.

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