ASB 7

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/11/on-a-tiny-island--farmers-promote-biodiversity/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

In the world today, 75% of our food comes from only twelve (12) plant species.  Yet Jamaican farmers on small plots of land grow up to eighty-seven (87) species of food plants.  Do people on the island of Jamaica have a better idea?  Should we start placing a higher value on Agrobiodiversity (more crop species) than on a few plant species that may produce higher yields per plant?  Think long-term.  And think in terms of small-scale farms.  Is biodiversity more important over time than a potentially higher yield per harvest?