Luigi Guarino

May 8, 2018May 9, 2018

Genebanks training each other

Who says genebanks don’t collaborate enough? Here’s news of the Pakistani and an Australian genebanks spreading the love. Here’s the agenda for the Pakistan workshop, thanks to our mole.

We are at the Workshop on Plant Genetic Resources and Genebank Operations Management System, with #CWR partners from Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Sudan and Malaysia. #SeedConservation https://t.co/N9QSP2F2gU pic.twitter.com/oVWB8xvaWx

— Crop Wild Relatives (@CropWildRelativ) May 8, 2018

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018

Saturday Morning Breakfast Rye

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018

Nibbles: Cloisters, Plum breeding, Wild tomatoes, Phytosanitary regulations, Public breeding, EU regulations, Svalbard @10, Local grains, Chips, ICRAF double

Medieval monastery gardens deconstructed.
Burbank’s plums decoded.
The wild tomatoes of the Galapagos evaluated.
Germplasm exchange expedited.
Public sector plant breeding advocated.
Farmer-saved seeds saved?
Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrated.
Local flour milled.
Potato chips (crisps) invented.
Indigenous trees taken seriously. Very seriously.

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

Ensuring the future of coffee

Biz model is growing, having benefits, and impact, and understanding that is better if you share it. @HowardShultz @Starbucks #SaC18 pic.twitter.com/0PqUgLl3Vy

— TechFood Magazine (@techfood_mag) May 7, 2018

Want impact, Mr Starbucks? You could try supporting the coffee diversity conservation strategy for a start.

May 7, 2018

Featured: Diversification

Jacob has a suggestion for researchers interested in the link between agricultural diversification and nutrition:

We need a new generation of studies that looks at the effects of diversification on nutrition with a broader perspective on the candidate mechanisms for this link.

So, people, get specific.