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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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Nibbles: AGRA, National security, Filipino fruits, Scuba rice, Tasteless pea, Blue Jay bean, Taiwan genebanks, Agrobiodiversity walks

NGOs call on USAID to stop supporting AGRA. And not for the first time either. Report calls for US to invest more in agricultural research in support of global food security. AGRA unavailable for comment. A pean to the fruit trees of the Philippines. I’ll second that. Scuba rice comes to Africa. What took it …

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Brainfood: Diversity & breeding in Coix, Triticum, Phaseolus, Manihot, Oryza, Vigna, Glycine, Zea, Malus

Nutritional profiling and GIS-based grid mapping of Job’s tears (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) germplasm. 2 genebank accessions out of 32 are especially good. Diversity and Adaptation of Currently Grown Wheat Landraces and Modern Germplasm in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey. Some wheat landraces were just as productive as modern varieties, so crossing landraces with other landraces could …

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Nibbles: Crop loss, Soil data, CONABIO stuff, Digging dope, Ceres2030

There’s a series of interactive workshops to gather feedback on how to measure the Global Burden of Crop Loss. I want an initiative on the Global Burden of Crop Diversity Loss though. Soil data makes its way to Google Maps. CONABIO has some really excellent agrobiodiversity posters and other resources. Calabazas and amaranth are just …

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