1. Botanists Spread the Gospel That Breadfruit Can Be Manna.
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ZIELINSKI, SARAH
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BREADFRUIT , *FOOD security , *PLANT reintroduction , *BOTANISTS , *PLANT diversity conservation , *APPLIED ethnobotany - Abstract
The article reports on the importance of breadfruit to food security as promoted by botanists. Horticulturist Diane Ragone claims that breadfruit contains many nutrients and the trees are prolific. Ethnobotanist Eve Emshwiller says that breadfruit trees produce more food per hectare than other crops like wheat or rice. Other topics include the need to conserve and reintroduce breadfruit varieties which are being lost, the Breadfruit Institute, and developing recipes for breadfruit.
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- 2013
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