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Back to the future: Scientists want 'rewilded' crops to boost agriculture

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Reuters

Publication Date
2014-12-16

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Scientists should "re-wild" food crops by inserting lost genetic properties of ancient, edible plants in order to boost agricultural output for a growing population, a new study said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/16/us-food-climatechange-plants-idUSKBN0JU22Z20141216