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Africa's shrinking crop diversity threatens food security, FAO report warns

Crop demonstration plots at the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL). [Juliet Omelo, Standard]

As droughts and erratic rains intensify across the continent, Africa is losing the crop diversity that has long allowed farmers to adapt, raising concerns that future food systems will have fewer options to withstand climate stress and safeguard nutrition.

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