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The idea that there are only 100 harvests left is just a fantasy

8 May 2019

Headlines warn that our soil is becoming so degraded that we are heading for an agricultural Armageddon. Can that be right? James Wong investigates

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To feed 11 billion people, we must share crop seeds as a common good

23 January 2019

Patent-free seeds can diversify our food supply and fight climate change, say Johannes Kotschi and Bernd Horneburg

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