Nibbles: Sesame, ABS, Symposium, Yield sensitivity, NUS Symposium proceedings, Food Fest, Typha pollen, Arepas

Texan farmers have solved the problem of open sesame – with non-shattering varieties.
They’re protected by patents, of course. No need then for handy dandy guidelines to access and benefit sharing in research projects.
But you just know that ABS will be a hot topic when they round up the usual suspects for the International Symposium on Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Development.
As will the question of whether yields are becoming more or less sensitive to temperature.
I wonder how quickly the proceedings of that shindig will become available. It took the 2nd International Symposium on Underutilised Species less than two years! Course, they’re still not open access …
No free access to the IncrEdibles festival at Kew either. And why should there be?
I’m willing to guarantee that cat-tail pollen will not be featured at Kew.
Arepas, on the other hand…