January 26, 2012January 26, 2012 by Luigi Guarino

Nibbles: AnGR genomic resources, Agroforestry fund, US climate map, Cassava rules

Big new project on farm animal genomics. Gene-jockeys lick lips.
Big new push to raise money for the Moringa Fund. Agroforesters lick lips.
Big new hardiness zone map unleashed by USDA on unsuspecting world. American GIS people and gardeners lick lips.
Bill Gates mentions cassava. CIAT licks lips.

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1. Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) launches SEED GIST, a quarterly repository of seed literature.
2. A fun romp through potato history.
3. A fun romp through coffee history.
4. Hong Kong gets some rice seeds back from the IRRI genebank.
5. No doubt Iraq will get some seeds back from the ICARDA genebank soon.
6. Genebanks are only the beginning though.
7. Breeding teff in, wait for it, South Africa.
8. The possible tradeoffs of an environmentally friendly diet.
9. IIED on the value of agrobiodiversity. Includes an environmentally-friendly and/or nutritious diet.
10. Slow Food’s Plant a Seed Kit is all about agrobiodiversity and healthy diets. What, though, no teff?
11. WorldVeg knows all about seed kits, and safety duplication.
12. Gotta make sure those seeds are healthy, though. Here’s how CGIAR does it.
Published on May 20, 2024