Movie Description

Fragile Harvest

Fragile Harvest

(1986)

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)

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Facts

Original TitleFragile Harvest

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1986-02-05

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 49m

Homepagehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/fragile_harvest/

Production CompaniesKensington Communications

Genres

  • Documentary