Nibbles: Biltong, Coco de mer, PGRFA course, Poplar genebank, IRRI genebank, African agriculture, Hybrid chickens, American food

  • Professor wants to copyright the name biltong, should be forced to eat nothing else until he takes it back.
  • Getting to the bottom of coco de mer.
  • PGRFA course at Wageningen. Expensive, but worth it, and you can apply for a NFP/MENA Fellowship, check on the course overview PDF.
  • The IRRI genebank manager has seen the future of genebanks: “…we need to work on building the system to estimate breeding value from genotype, and then we will be able to feed more detailed knowledge to the breeders.” He probably means DivSeek. Now IRRI really need to get a different stock image of him and his genebank.
  • The UK now has a National Black Poplar Clone Bank. Not quite as big as the above.
  • A different take on Bill’s Big Bet. And more along the same lines.
  • Hybrid Kuroiler chickens a big hit in Uganda. Bill may be onto something after all.
  • “As American as apple pie” is just the beginning. I want to see Kuroilers at KFC.

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