Fine words feed

“Malnutrition,” “hidden hunger,” and “stunting” are just a few of the buzzwords currently being heard throughout the development community.

Buzzwords? Let’s hear it for the buzzword that will render them obsolete: “biofortification.”

Coincidentally, or not, The Lubin Files points to a useful page of FAO statistics on nutrition.

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How about agrobiodiversity rather than biofortification? Its all there, you just have to eat your peas.

Kurdistan inaugurates a new genebank in Sulaymaniyah, which Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani calls one of Kurdistan and Iraq’s most important national projects.
Ghana complements its national collection at Bunso. The new facility further north will improve drying, processing and conservation, while giving northern farmers and breeders closer access to crop diversity.
Three decades of African bean research partnerships and networking have helped turn a staple crop into a vehicle for improved nutrition, livelihoods and climate resilience.
In the Philippines, eight promising purple-yam accessions combine yield, sensory quality and market appeal, with Villasis 2 producing up to 60 tonnes per hectare in trials. Does it need a network next?
However, executive director of Seed Savers Exchange Mike Bollinger’s call in Food Tank’s to carry seed diversity forward extends stewardship beyond formal institutions: Indigenous communities, farmers, gardeners and seed libraries all have a role in keeping crop diversity alive and used.

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