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Just three plant species, wheat, maize and rice, account for 60% of all food eaten globally. Crop science expert, Prof Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, argues that many of Africa’s 30,000 edible plants must be revived.
#Food #Farming #Agriculture #Crops #Africa #Wheat #Rice #Maize #PlantScience
60% of Africa's food is based on wheat, rice and maize – the continent's crop treasure trove is being neglected
https://theconversation.com/60-of-africas-food-is-based-on-wheat-rice-and-maize-the-continents-crop-treasure-trove-is-being-neglected-220543
60% of Africa's food is based on wheat, rice and maize – the continent's crop treasure trove is being neglected
Just three plant species – wheat, maize and rice – account for 60% of all food eaten globally. A crop science expert argues that many of Africa’s 30,000 edible plants must be revived.The Conversation
https://worldsensorium.com/open-source-seeds-loosen-big-ags-grip-on-farmers/
#agriculture #food #monopoly #ossi (Open Source Seed Initiative)
FYI, I link to two earlier reports on this problem (2017 and 2019) in a tweet from 2020.
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1317831041055399936
“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers
Alexander Klepnev CC BY 4.0 “Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers A handful of companies own the patents on virtually every seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is...World Sensorium / Conservancy
Why do we need open source seeds?
Over the last few decades seed variety has decreased dramatically due to commercial pressure and most are owned by only a handful of companies.
In many countries (including the EU) small farmers are unable to sell or even pass on heritage seeds without obtaining prohibitively expensive paperwork.
A 🧵 1/n
#sustainability #farming #OpenSourceSeeds @plants
