Crop Diversification Needed

Monopolistic environments prevent innovation and stamp out diversification in agriculture. The UN-FAO reports, for example, that: “75% of the world’s crop varieties disappeared between 1900 and 2000.” As Professor Jack Kloppenburg of the University of Madison Wisconsin says, “Control of seeds is… control over the food supply.” “This issue needs attention by the world involved in agriculture as the food chain begins with seed” Martha Montoya – CEO Agtools.