🌾"Many #food crops originate in #Africa, including #species of wheat, barley, millet and sorghum; teff; #coffee; rooibos tea; cowpea; and oil palm" —@IPBES #RegionalAssessment on #Biodiversity for Africa ipbes.net/sites/default/file…

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While there are certainly wild species of wheat and barley in Africa, and arguably secondary centres of diversity in Ethiopia, I'm not sure one can say that those crops originated there.
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Notably mostky grassy species. Lets not sacrifice our grassy systems please.