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...organise groups of crops according to their cultivation needs....
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...However, the high prices encouraged grain farmers to increase their crop acreage. Brazil produced a bumper crop of corn and soyabeans last year while Russia exported a record amount of wheat last year....
...Crop failures will push up food prices and sow the seeds of famine. That, in turn, may spark conflict over diminishing resources....
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...in Kenya, at a time when farmers would typically expect sunshine to dry their crops....
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...Last year, the US state department, African Union and the FAO launched the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils to direct investment into developing Africa’s traditional crops....
...extended to a wider range of foodstuffs to help them diversify to more sustainable crops....
...Another is the development of more weather-resistant genetically modified crops....
...Trap crops, planted to lure pests away, and herbicides are viewed as impractical or somewhat ineffective for smallholders....
...And you revive the seed, and then you revive the crops, and by reviving the crops, you revive the food....
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