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A Dutch study has found that people taking 15 grams of nuts each day, equivalent to half handful, have less risk of dying from important chronical diseases than those not taking. The study's authors explain and make it clear: "The list also includes peanuts, which are actually legumes but not peanut butter." The pathologies that most reduce mortality by eating nuts are respiratory diseases, neuro...
Bogotá. September 2015. A research carried out by Granja Luker —CasaLuker’s cocoa research centre— located in Palestina (Caldas), in conjunction with the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Yale University, led to the discovery and analysis of 14 genomes of Colombian cocoa. The study, the first of its kind in the world, involved extracting the DNA of 14 cocoa varieties fro...
The seeds have challenged the traditional concept of agriculture as a simple living museum; They are a constant challenge to the classification and often respond to a careful selection process, observation and analysis of the characteristics they develop seeds and plants in a particular place. The testimonies of women curators of seeds and experiences to the discovery or awareness of the trade ...