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Preserving Mexico’s ancient corn varieties in the face of climate change

Alasdair Baverstock

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As climate change brings new challenges to those who produce the world’s food, with hotter dry seasons and more extreme rains, agricultural techniques are changing – and some crops are under threat. 

In Mexico, CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports on community efforts to ensure the survival of the native corn it famously first cultivated thousands of years ago.

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