Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog almost misses World Coconut Day

I can’t believe it either. Been getting a lot of coverage too.

European on farm diversification In my previous post on the new EU Common Agricultural...
The diverse uses of genebank collections It’s easy to assume that it’s only plant breeders that...
That New Yorker story on heirlooms and Luther Burbank On Friday Luigi nibbled the New Yorker’s recent story What...

Kurdistan inaugurates a new genebank in Sulaymaniyah, which Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani calls one of Kurdistan and Iraq’s most important national projects.
Ghana complements its national collection at Bunso. The new facility further north will improve drying, processing and conservation, while giving northern farmers and breeders closer access to crop diversity.
Three decades of African bean research partnerships and networking have helped turn a staple crop into a vehicle for improved nutrition, livelihoods and climate resilience.
In the Philippines, eight promising purple-yam accessions combine yield, sensory quality and market appeal, with Villasis 2 producing up to 60 tonnes per hectare in trials. Does it need a network next?
However, executive director of Seed Savers Exchange Mike Bollinger’s call in Food Tank’s to carry seed diversity forward extends stewardship beyond formal institutions: Indigenous communities, farmers, gardeners and seed libraries all have a role in keeping crop diversity alive and used.