“Time for the world’s food supply to diversity beyond its dependence on a few monocultured commodity crops grown on the planet’s 3% freshwater toward all the under-utilized crops including slat-loving food plants ( e.g. quinoa) which grow on degraded and desert lands without pesticides or fertilizers as we report in our Green Transition Scoreboard 2018 “Capturing CO2 While Improving Human Nutrition & Health” (free download at www.ethicalmarkets.com)
Hazel Henderson, Editor “
| Central America: drought, resulting crop losses threaten food security of two million people, UN warns |
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| Recent drought has led to the loss of some 280,000 hectares of beans and maize in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, potentially affecting the food and nutrition situation of more than two million people, two United Nations agencies warned on Friday. |
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