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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. Satellite imagery reveals widespread coconut plantations on Pacific atolls. The sedimentary record can be used to recover traditional knowledge too. Sometimes traditional knowledge can use a helping hand from scientists.