April 21, 2011April 21, 2011 by Jeremy Cherfas

Nibbles: FIGS, Anitmalarials, PhD, Pecans

Australian magazine overdoses on FIGS (Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy) h/t Dag.
World Agroforestry Centre says malaria-cure trees are going extinct. World Malaria Day is on Monday 25th.
New PhD programme on Biodiversity and Society. h/t CFTF, who say it covers diversification and neglected crops.
China loves US pecans, giving Tom an opportunity for some strategic analysis.

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1. Big IUCN report says that biodiversity and agriculture are in conflict, they don’t really need to be, but it’s really complicated for them not to be. So that’s us all told.
2. If only annual crops were perennial, for example, eh?
3. If only we incorporated more sustainable agriculture in education, for example, eh? Apart from anything else we could still have beer. No word on the role of perennial barley though.
4. If only improved seeds were open source, for example, eh?
5. If only we could cryopreserve coral, for example, eh? Wait, what?
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