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Even though locally-adapted, diversified agriculture and farming is a key component of both food security today and in a warmer more climate-stressed future, the Big Ag trend is still towards less crop diversity and more uniformity. Here’s a perfect example of the downside of that: The International Livestock Research Institute says urgent action is needed to stop the “rapid and alarming loss of genetic diversity” among African cattle, which not only provide fo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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