Nibbles: Svalbard Global Seed Vault, CePaCT genebank, CIAT genebank, Australia rice genebank, Bangladesh genebank, Maize mutants garden, Inoculants genebank, Millets community seedbank, Payments for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services, Triadic Comparison of Technology Options, Crop diversity, Intercropping, Agroforestry, Diet diversity, World economy, Sustainable food

  1. Never thought I’d see the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Psychology Today, yet here we are.
  2. The Pacific’s regional genebank is set for more work on lesser-known crops. Too bad most of them won’t be able to go to Svalbard.
  3. How to make a genebank beautiful as well as sustainable.
  4. Australia has a rice genebank. For some reason.
  5. Bangladesh gets a new genebank. Could have sworn it already had one.
  6. Mutants need a genebank too.
  7. And inoculants.
  8. Community-level genebanks have their place too. Though probably not for mutants.
  9. As long as the farmers get a benefit, of course.
  10. Tricot is a good way of evaluating all that stuff in genebanks.
  11. But you should also genotype it.
  12. Why bother with all this? Andreas Volz has a nice explanation.
  13. Genetic diversity is all very good, but don’t forget to intercrop.
  14. Which includes agroforestry.
  15. For a more varied diet.
  16. And a better world economy.
  17. And a more sustainable food system.

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