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Fragile Harvest

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Overview

How safe is the future of the world’s food? This documentary explores a growing crisis in world agriculture. Plant breeding has created today’s crops, which are high yielding but vulnerable to disease and insects. To keep crops healthy, breeders tap all the genetic diversity of the world’s food plants. But that rich resource is quickly being wiped out. (NFB)

Keywords

food
farming
agriculture
gmo
genetic modification

Details

Status: Released
Release date: February 5, 1986
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Canada
Production: Kensington Communications
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt0223309