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Africa's Lost Crops

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30

Sometimes you don't have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular vegetables in their diet are costly imports. Read the full description.

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Playing: Africa's Lost Crops
From: Pat Maxwell

Default-piece-image-1 Sometimes you don't have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular vegetables in their diet are costly imports, even though Africa has plenty of edible native plants. These plants aren't generally used for food, but they could be...

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Sometimes you don't have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular vegetables in their diet are costly imports, even though Africa has plenty of edible native plants. These plants aren't generally used for food, but they could be...