BBC’s Nature Inc. tackles “one sexy tuber”

…some agribusinesses and farmers are seeing sustainable profits and productivity in encouraging crop diversity.

This I gotta see. But, alas, probably wont. Please watch and let us know how exactly agribusiness is encouraging potato diversity.

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Well, I managed to see it, and it was interesting enough, but I gotta say, I didn’t really see much in the way of agribusiness encouraging diversity. There was the story about the chips (crisps) made from a range of Peruvian varieties, but on the other hand the story from India about agribusiness pushing for a single variety (Santana) suitable for chips (french fries) sent exactly the opposite message.

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Fresh Nibbles

A paean to diverse diets is just what we all need.
And another one, from the MIT Technology Review of all places.
Menawhile, there’s only one reference to dietary diversity in the World Bank’s investment framework for nutrition.
Maybe you have to quantify that diversity before you can save it? Now where have I heard that before?
Meanwhile, Europe reports on biodiversity-friendly farming practices. Does that include the biodiversity of the actual crops? Perhaps surprisingly, yes!
You want biodiversity-friendly farming practices? Talk to Indigenous people. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has launched an e-consultation on “Preserving, strengthening and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems and traditional practices for sustainable food systems.”
There’s diversity in asparagus too.
Genebanks can help with those biodiversity-friendly practices, diverse diets and rops and Indigenous practices.
Even big international genebanks.
Even the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
But some are in trouble.
Though others are coming back.

Published on November 7, 2024