Not only have we managed to stick around in various forms for millions of years, but we've also grown into a population of more than 7 billion, scattered virtually all over the planet. And we've done it despite being fairly fragile creatures. We're not particularly strong; we lack a ...
Ten degrees north or south of the equator is where the best places to cultivate are found. The oil palm tree was first discovered in West Africa, but it is currently mostly grown in Indonesia and Malaysia, the two countries that produce the most palm oil worldwide. Eighty-five percent of...
A type of fruit that has its meat divided into many small pods, tamarind is widely grown in Africa and tropical regions like India and Pakistan. The fruit is brown when ripe and light green when it’s underdeveloped. Tamarinds usually grow in bean-like pods on hardwood trees, with the ed...
25% reduction in GHG emissions per tonne from potato farming, storage, and freight by 2030 Improving water use efficiency by 15% in water-stressed regions by 2025 Training, knowledge and technology transfer to farmers 20% of all potato crops grown for McCain to use water-stress tolerant varieti...
As you’ve probably noticed, the drought that hit the US starting last summer has not caused society to collapse, nor are we experiencing a drought-induced famine like the one that took place three years ago in the Horn of Africa in which almost 1 billion people went hungry. So why shoul...
Some foods in the supermarket come from faraway places.Every day,trucks,trains,vans,ships and airplanes transport these foods from one place to another.In fact,many fruits and vegetables on the shelf are grown in places quite far away from where you live—even in other countries! Some foods ...
Olive trees can live to be 1500 years old ! The average life span is about 500 years . Most olives are grown in the countries around the Mediterranean Sea , such as Italy. And if you like rich foods , France is the place to visit . It ...
Potatoes are the king of all vegetables and all foods.As we know pota-toes were first grown in Africa. Africa is the hometown of potatoes. Later, potatoes were grown all over the world. First people only ate them un-cooked. Later, people learnt to cook them delicious.Now potatoes have ...
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Tomatoes are incredibly nutritious and come in many hues from red and orange to yellow and green, says Palmer. Eating less common varieties of vegetables, such as orange tomatoes, drives demand that will increase the variety of crops grown, which helps make the food system more resilient. ...