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are revisiting the past, merging it with what they are learning about the potential of
sustainable agriculture, and using their imagination and creativity to solve problems
on a local scale. Maybe it is also time for Africans to bring their indigenous plants
along on this journey and then the elephants may be able to stop fighting.

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