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From a single skin biopsy, it may soon be possible to rebuild an entire African chicken breed or fish in a laboratory. That idea, submitted by a livestock genetic scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, is one of three selected by the Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) Science Program through its inaugural Innovation Challenge.

In the Amazon, the word "food" almost never refers only to food. Sometimes it's a fish that arrives when the river rises and overflows. Sometimes it's a cassava that is saved from flooding. Sometimes it's a bunch of plantain that holds out for a few more weeks, or a long walk to find what the bush still offers. And, increasingly, “food” is also a price: what rice costs at the store, how much oil goes for when transport is delayed, what can be bought when cash falls short.