World’s biggest tropical crop bank opens in Colombia, taking food research high tech

Mongabay
Mar 18, 2022, 4:34 pm409 pts
As more people are born onto this great green planet, the demand for food grows. Feeding the nearly 8 billion of us here today is a challenge, not only because of the amount of food required but because climate change is making growing conditions more difficult and unpredictable. To withstand droughts, heat,…

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