Smithsonian Scientists Discover That Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Amazon Helped Yield an Enduring Crop Clone Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and space

Understanding #Diversity

The #Irish #PotatoFamine was a monoculture clone problem that was vulnerable to disease and collapse.

#IndiginousKnowledge #maniocTubers #cassava #yuca #GlobalFoodSupply #research #agriculture

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