Nibbles: CGIAR vision, GFAR vision, UNEP vision, Tree seeds, Aerial vision, Visions of potatoes, Soybeans, DNA sequencing, Rewilding

The latest bit of CGIAR navel-gazing is about whether research should be for or in development.
The Futures of Agriculture: Brief No. 42. No, really, 42. Love that plural, though
And of course UNEP needs to have its say too.
Oh, wow, someone actually doing something.
How about a visionary use for tree seeds? Burn ’em!
Then there are visions of potato diversity.
And a vision of a world covered in soybeans.
And DNA sequences as far as the eye can see. So, can we get all those wild relatives done now, just for the heck of it?
Can you take one more vision? Here’s one of rewilded Europe.

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Does the CGIAR navel gazing have to make the distinction — ‘research for’ (R4D) or ‘research in development’ (RinD)? Why can’t it be about both so long as the outcomes are positive and beneficial for society. Too much navel gazing has been the bane of the CG for too long.

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