Nibbles: Vavilov on couscous, Molecular studentships, Goat genetics, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Sweet potato, New Agriculturist, Vietnam and CC, Liberian ag research, Cuisine

Couscous deconstructed.
China and Bioversity collaborate on molecular marker training.
Neolithic legging helps unravel the history of the goat in Europe.
Dag’s cool Svalbard pix.
CIP launches Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA).
The new New Agriculturist does markets.
Climate change and rice cultivation in the Mekong Delta.
The perils of agricultural research in Liberia: one trial up in smoke, another stolen. Bummer.
Ok, I had no idea there was a Tasting Cultures Foundation. Thanks, Facebook.