Nibbles: Drought resistant rice, Bees, Bison, Coffee in Kenya, Cassava in Africa, Pigeon pea, Chickens in Uganda, Green ranching in the Amazon, Climate change, Dates, Museums and DNA, Organic, Ecology meet

“Sahbhagi dhan is drought-tolerant and can survive even if there are no rains for 12 days.”
Keeping bees in cities. Not as crazy as it sounds.
More on the problems of the European bison. What is it with the BBC today?
Coffee berry borer coming to Kenya. Not boring at all.
Cassava helping Cameroonians and Ugandans.
ICRISAT pigeon pea a hit in Kenya.
Ugandan fishermen crying fowl. What is is with allAfrica today?
No trees were harmed in the making of this beef.
“How many of the changes we see happening around us are really attributable to climate change.” Pretty good question. In two parts, be sure to catch both, agrobiodiversity comes into the second.
How to get a date.
“By using museum specimens to look back in time, we can potentially assess … [human] impact in detail.” And genebanks, don’t forget genebanks, Olivia.
Organic better after all. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Fisheries not as bad as was thought after all. But still pretty bad.
For best results, use perennials in diverse landscapes and no tilling.