Yale Environment 360: USDA Wild red rice is hardier than cultivated varieties. As climate change advances, much more should be done to study, preserve, and take advantage of the biological diversity underpinning world food production, according to a new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Between 16 and 22 percent of current crop species -- including 61 percent of peanut and 12 percent of potato species -- could become extinct in the next 50 years, the report notes. Wild strains, which...