Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
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Here is a video about the life and work of Carlos Ochoa, the recently deceased potato man. By Televisión Nacional del Perú, in Spanish. From his early days in Cusco, resisting a father that wanted him to become a lawyer, to the agony of an approaching end, with so much of his life’s work unfinished. Watch, listen, and shiver.
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Nibbles Archive: All that condensed goodness.
And easy access to the Brainfood Archive.
Some very good news from Mohamed Amar, head of the Egyptian Deserts Gene Bank:
I can confirm that we have been rebuilding the Egyptian deserts gene bank in new form during the year and a half.
Here’s hoping we get more information soon.
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