While the impacts of climate change are putting pressure on agriculture, they are also making the conservation of the world’s most important crops more challenging.
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Marcela Santaella: Climate change causes a run on banks for crop genes
While the impacts of climate change are putting pressure on agriculture, they are also making the conservation of the world’s most important crops more challenging.