Of more than 50,000 known edible plant species, only three crops – rice, wheat and maize – account for two-thirds of the world’s food supply. With increasingly frequent extreme-weather events, reliance on a limited number of crops puts the world’s nutritional security at risk. Yet many nutritious, resilient crops remain underutilized.
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