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Winning teams for future food production

As a student, I did a six-month internship at TropenBos. During my internship I lived in the rainforest in British Guiana. There I slept in a hammock and washed myself at the river that ran along the camp. I enjoyed the sight of the enormous diversity in the forest. It seemed that every tree or plant was there because its neighbour was there. A perfect balance between the different species, purely because the ecosystem is designed to use all available resources – nutrients, water and sunlight – effectively.