Nibbles: Goats, Seed Fairs, Banana genebank, Prunus africana plans, Forage grass, English food, Talking heads

USAID and partners to probe African goat breeds for performance measures.
FAO sings the praises of its seed fairs in South Sudan.
Bioversity’s banana genebank gets a big write-up.
Prunus africana, the aged gentleman’s friend, could also be the Kenyan farmers’ friend. In about 40 years time. If we start now.
And speaking of domestication, efforts to tame Panicum turgidum as a new forage grass are under way.
It wasn’t industrialisation that made English food bad, no matter what a Nobel Laureate may think.
All that #abdchat, just in case you missed it live.