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to be the first to suffer, as their plots and traditional subsistence lifestyles leave their crop yields up to eight

times lower than nations with topography more suited to agriculture (The Economist, 2016). It is, therefore,

imperative that Andean producers put the focus back on the traditional agrobiodiversity of their land and not

be tempted into the mono-cropping culture that comes with the rise of a superfood.

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