Nibbles: Carnival, farmer schools, zero-till, drought, barley, ag college, organic choc, ICTs

Tangled Bank 101.
From ELDIS 1: Farmers in Malawi learn best from one another.
From ELDIS 2: Improving crop-livestock systems in Ethiopia.
Nature and Science on the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD).
Barley makes a come-back? No, it’s not beer-related, Jeremy.
A call for respect for Nagpur’s agricultural college in its centenary year. Seconded.
Internets buzzing this morning. Check out a NatGeo video on how organic cacao is saving the rainforest in the Dominican Republic.
CTA wants one laptop per farmer. Not just to “make better PowerPoints,” though.