Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security

The narrowing of diversity in crop species contributing to the world’s food supplies has been considered a potential threat to food security. However, changes in this diversity have not been quantified globally. We assess trends over the past 50 y in the richness, abundance, and composition of crop...

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Main Authors: Khoury, Colin K., Bjorkman, Anne D., Dempewolf, Hannes, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Guarino, Luigi, Jarvis, Andy, Rieseberg, Loren H., Struik, Paul C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42297

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