On agrobiodiversity, the Andes can teach the world much about crop conservation (commentary)

Mongabay
Jan 12, 2022, 2:56 pm511 ptsHot
Two of the world’s most ubiquitous and important crops have a 7,000-year-old backstory, which can be traced to the Andes in South America, where maize and potatoes have long been cultivated for food. And still today – despite a growing reliance around the world on just five staple crops – this remote…

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