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Crop diversity: Indigenous communities have always preferred growing a number of traditional crop varieties over a single high-yield -- and high-risk -- mono-cropping system. Analyses of agricultural systems in China, Bolivia and Kenya found maintaining diverse traditional cropping strategies and access to seeds has been essential for adaptation and survival.
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US Department of Agriculture / <a target="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GEM_corn.jpg">Wikipedia</a>
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