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Mexico is known as one of the world’s most megadiverse countries and a center of plant domestication.
According to a 2011 study conducted by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), more than a quarter of Mexican territory has lost its natural ecosystems. Grasslands are under threat by land-use changes and unsustainable agricultural practices, overgrazing, and crop clearing.
Because of a lack of incentives to promote crop diversification, the country has not fully realized the economic potential of its agrobiodiversity wealth, including genetic diversity.
