Mike Major

31 March 2026 It began with a handful of seeds so small they could slip through my fingers. Fonio – Africa’s oldest cultivated cereal – looks more like dust than grain. It was hard to imagine that something so small could hold the promise of food security in West Africa. Fonio has survived centuries of shifting climates and diets. It can grow where almost nothing else will and be ready to harvest in as little as two months. Yet in Benin, it had nearly disappeared.

The fiberglass statue of Mary in fabrication. Mike Major

Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description aepa12402-sup-0001-Figures.docxWord 2007 document , 314.4 KB Figure S1. Economics and business studies enrolments in NSW, Year 12. Figure S2. Topics of interest, share of Year 10–12 students. aepa12402-sup-0002-Tables.pdfPDF document, 125.4 KB Table S1. Sample of schools by stratum. Table S2. Sample of schools. Table S3. Sample by student characteristics. Table S4.