A very small number of crops are dominating globally: That's bad news for sustainable agriculture

Crop diversity has changed and actually is going up this means that all the farms in Asia, Europe North and South America are beginning to look similar.  The researchers are seeing that one crop takes up a lot of space in farms.  For example Soybeans, wheat, rice and corn make up 50 percent of land.  This is a major issue and needs to be solved.  I believe that this is interesting because I never thought about this and did not believe that it was a problem, but it is.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190206161446.htm

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2019 at 5:28 PM

    Whats so bad about soybeans and wheat Matt Deysher? People gotta eat man.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2019 at 5:05 AM

    This does look like a issue and I also wouldn't think of that ever being a problem.

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