Nibbles: Diversification, Watermelon lecture, Global productivity gaps, Kenyan CWR, Indian rice diversity, Native American seeds, Cool newsletters

Value chains for baskets of products to diversify production and consumption.
Video lecture on watermelon domestication.
“…global agricultural productivity needs to increase at an average annual rate of 1.73 percent to sustainably produce food, feed, fiber, and bioenergy for 10 billion people in 2050.
Maybe crop wild relatives can help? Kenyan media thinks so. This is the project in question, though you wouldn’t know it from the article.
Somewhat one-sided account of ex situ rice conservation in India. People are looking into some of the claims…
The Native American Seeds Protection Act of 2019 explained. Fingers crossed.
Latest newsletters: the European PGRFA network & Genesys.