Explain the Crisis of Agrobiodiversity as explained by Carmen G. Gonzalez
In the twentieth century, seventy-five percent of the world's food crop diversity was lost. Twelve crops supply 80% of the world's plant-based dietary energy and just four crops – rice, wheat, potato, and maize – supply nearly 60% of plant-derived calories and protein.
The world's food supply relies on an alarmingly narrow genetic base. Genetically uniform crops typically require significant agrochemical inputs to survive
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