Nibbles: CG diversity pix smackdown, ARTs in Bolivia, Fruits in Central Asia, Terra-i, FAO land use data, Agroforestry, Nagoya, Microwaves, Taxonomist Day, Spring!, Right to Food, Pacific food

Some fabulous photos of maize diversity from CIMMYT. (IRRI says, I see your diverse maize, and raise you diverse rice.)
Hope neither goes the way of that of some Andean roots and tubers in Bolivia. Or fruits in Central Asia. Though neither is doing terribly, in truth.
And too bad you can’t monitor that the way you can forests. Or land use in general for that matter.
World Agroforestry Centre calls for more, er, agroforestry. Will Defra listen?
Maybe it’s too busy consulting on the Nagoya Protocol. Wonder how good that will be for agroforestry.
I don’t care what anyone says, I like microwaves.
Wait, we missed Hug a Taxonomist Day?
And Persian New Year?
De Schutter’s final report. Main message not lost on the Pacific island countries.