Why People May Be Concerned about Lack of Genetic Variety in Our Food Crops

According to Jose' Esquinas-Alcazar, secretary of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and land Agriculture, many of todays farmers are growing crops for mass markets and have started using modern seeds, which are all the same instead of the traditional ones. This is because modern seeds are more productive, however Mr Esquinas-Alcazar suggests that they are also more at risk because they are so uniform and have not adapted exactly to all the different environments in which they will end up growing in.
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