Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Crops, animals, wild relatives ...
by Luigi on August 23, 2007
Another great example of the interaction between wild and domesticated biodiversity. As the rain forest is cleared for ranching in Latin America, its blood-sucking bats are increasingly turning from tapirs and the like to cattle as something juicy to sink their teeth into. This is also leading to an uptick in rabies cases among humans.
Show on map SLNRao regrets the mistakes of the past, but sees a bright future ahead for grasspea, and its relatives:
Looking at the likely benefits of Homoarginine on the cardiovasculature and emerging concepts on ODAP itself I am of the firm belief that grass pea in coming years will turn into a rich man’s pulse.
