Nibbles: Sprouts, Mice, Prices, Prices, Prices, Prices, Gooseberry, Fruits, Fruits, Subsidies, Climate change, Fruits again, Culture, Irrigation

by Jeremy on May 26, 2008

Brussels sprout variety lost and found in Wales. Alas, it’s an F1. Start breeding now.
Mice destroying Australian sorghum. Pied Piper unavailable for comment.
Impact of prices in Ethiopia.
Impact of prices in Kenya.
Impact of prices in Latin America.
Biofuels not to blame for food price rises. Fatuous, Jeremy comments.
Uttar Pradesh State Biodiversity Board steps in to save rare Indian gooseberry. Is this it? Doesn’t seem rare.
Pitaya explained. Check out the links too.
“Picture it, an orange grape!” No thanks.
The Economist on the CAP. Money quote: …if Europeans want to produce food in a special region or way, â€œlet them label it, and see if the market will pay for it.â€
Speaking of which. British wine industry in trouble. You heard me.
Other fruits not doing well either. Via.
Royal Ploughing Ceremony goes well in Cambodia. That’s all right then.
On the other hand, there may be something to this traditional knowledge stuff after all.

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World Bank runs competition to develop climate change app. CCAFS surrenders.
ICRISAT launches Center of Excellence on Climate Change Research for Plant Protection. CCAFS surrenders.
Britain’s National Fruit Collection gets grafted.
COGENT looks for validation.
Everybody loves timelapse.
A seed catalogue round-up.
“True grits“. Worthy, of course, but basically I love the title.
Not sure why news of a website for the Biofortification Conference held in November 2010 just popped up, but it did.
Know any good, young, committed, practical, gung-ho, field-tempered, agricultural Norman Borlaug clones? The World Food Prize wants to hear from you.
The Millennium Seed Bank has a blog. Welcome, seed-dudes!

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Featured Comment: February 11, 2012

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.

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