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Nibbles: China grasslands, Edible lily, Ag data, China potatoes, CIP genebank, Vavilov book, Ghana seeds, Nutrition enterprises, Seed production films, Khoury pod, Relais & Châteaux

China rehabilitates its grasslands. Not content with that, China breeds a new edible lily. Not sure what food group lilies are in, but farmers are growing more fruits and vegetables, it seems. Still not resting on its lilies, China breeds climate-smart potatoes. No doubt CIP and its genebank is helping with that. There’s a new …

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Colin on genebanks, and more

Our friend Colin Khoury was interviewed live by Radio New Zealand about genebanks the other day. Apparently, you’ll be able to hear the results on their website for only a couple of weeks, though. So we’ve downloaded the mp3 for your long-term listening pleasure. You’re welcome.

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Colin gets doctored

Our friend and occasional contributor Colin Khoury has successfully defended his PhD thesis at Wageningen University. As spelled out in a nice summary over at CIAT, where he was a visiting researcher, Colin’s work addressed four crucial questions dear to our hearts here at the blog: (1) What is the status of diversity in our …

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