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Agence France-Presse: Farm chiefs have a narrowing chance to diversify vital crops at rising threat from drought, flood and pests brought by climate change, food researchers warned on Monday.
The world`s nearly seven billion people are massively dependent on a dozen or so crops that, thanks to modern agriculture, are intensively cultivated in a tiny number of strains, they said.
When climate change gets into higher gear, many of these strains could be crippled by hotter and drier - or conversely wetter - weather......
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Act now to diversify crops at risk, say scientists
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 3rd, 2011
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