- Yucca flowers not at all yucky to eat.
- Dept of Schadenfreude: First parasitic nematodes reported in biofuel crops.
- “I’ve often thought about this return to local knowledge and food in India.” Had no idea there had been a move away from local food in India.
- Biological collections porn.
- Breeders’ wish list published.
- First GM bananas harvested. Do they make good beer?
- How to do Geographical Extrapolation Domain Analysis. Off you go now.
Fresh Nibbles
Nibbles: Yucca, Biofuels, Indian food, Museum collections, Priority traits, GM bananas, Geographic targetting
Nibbles: Chocolate, Africa cubed, Green wall
- “I think that in 20 years chocolate will be like caviar.”
- “Why should Africa be the only region in the world that is begging for food?” Hans Herren stiffs it to Jeffrey Sachs.
- Mapping, and then protecting, places where wildlife and pastoralists can survive climate change together.
- Jessica hearts Moringa.1
- Green Wall of Trees to halt Sahara. Will any of them also be directly useful?
- How do I get a picture of a heart here? [↩]
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Interesting debate. But what about microdoses of fertilizers? And isn’t the most forceful argument against fertilizers in SSA that farmers simply cannot afford them?
I’ve nothing against microdoses, and they make more sense than indiscriminate use. as for the “can’t afford” argument, I think Sachs says we should just give it to them, at least for the short term. But as long as fertilizers depend on oil, which they almost all do, that’s not sustainable at any price.