Oh gosh, I forgot to give the obligatory shout-out to the EUCARPIA meeting, this year on “Mobilizing the green gold of plant genetic resources.” Silly me. Follow what’s left on #eucarpiaGR2017, there’s some really interesting stuff on.
The Doyen of seed system research Mauricio Bellon presented new data and analyses from sites around the world. #eucarpiaGR2017 pic.twitter.com/4bydfiY43c
— Ola Westengen (@OlaWestengen) May 11, 2017
LATER: Oh, and compare and contrast with this:
The latest tweet from this notes: “Riccardo Bocci claims for a strong wording change: from conservation to common dynamic management of pgr.” This takes me back a bit – to the 1993 Trondheim Conference, where Jill and I presented a paper on “The dynamic management of domesticate biodiversity by farming communities.” Promoted twenty-four years ago and it’s still a fringe topic (Bocci is from the Rete Semi Rurali, Italy).