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• Sam Eaton

  Food for 9 Billion

  Alt Staple Lunch

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  Sam Eaton

  Food for 9 Billion

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  Amaranth virtually disappeared from Mexican diets after the Spanish banned it because of its use in human sacrifice rituals. Now there are efforts to bring it back for its superior nutritional qualities and its hardiness in the face of climate change.

  

  Amaranth virtually disappeared from Mexican diets after the Spanish banned it because of its use in human sacrifice rituals. Now there are efforts to bring it back for its superior nutritional qualities and its hardiness in the face of climate change.

  Date

  July 1, 2013

  Tags

  Themes: Food, Culture, Environment

  Regions: North America

  Media: Audio

  Other Tags: amaranth, Mexico, maize

• Jonathan Miller

  Food for 9 Billion

  Food for 9 Billion: The Scientific Challenge

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  Jonathan Miller

  Food for 9 Billion

  Food for 9 Billion: The Scientific Challenge

  Nearly every prescription for feeding the world says we need to invest more money in science. What’s that money going to get us?

  

  Nearly every prescription for feeding the world says we need to invest more money in science. What’s that money going to get us?

  In this story we travel to Mexico, birthplace of the Green Revolution, where international scientists are working on a wide range of interventions, from hardier crop varieties to better ways to manage the soil. And we go into the field with a Mexican scientist whose grassroots work aims to put the knowledge of millions of farmers to work on improving yields.

  Date

  November 14, 2011

  Outlets

  Marketplace

  Tags

  Themes: Environment, Technology, Food, Economy

  Regions: North America

  Media: Audio

  Other Contributors: Jonathan Miller

  Other Tags: maize, conservation agriculture, agricultural research, agroecology, CIMMYT, Mexico, plant breeding