Nibbles: Kew, Chickens, Sorghum, Romanian agriculture, Conferences, Tree conservation

Kew video asks: Why does plant diversity matter? Not to feed people, obviously.
An entire blog dedicated to the Origin of the Domestic Fowl! Wonder where he stands on the chickens of Chile?
Benefits of beer sorghum in eastern Kenya.
Traditional agriculture protects amphibians in Romania shock.
Seeds for a sustainable future. Conference organized by European Greens for 31 May. Not much notice, I know.
And another one, on geographical indications, in June.
How to develop a genetic conservation strategy to safeguard an endangered tree species. Learning module from Bioversity International.

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.