Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Crops, livestock, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives, agroecosystems, foodways …
Those of you that remember us agonizing about the minutae of agrobiodiversity iconography, to the extent of wondering if this
was indeed what it seemed to be, will rejoice with us that, with regards to pomegranates at least, we seem to have found the motherlode.
LATER: And then some.
LATER STILL: And then some more.
No, mobile phones did not improve the economic welfare of fishermen in Kerala by allowing them to track market prices in different ports. And no, it has not been the antics of environmental activists to stall the adoption of Golden Rice by the world’s poor. Whatever next? The figure for worldwide crop genetic erosion is not 75%? Now, that would be something.
The plant genetic resources conference at the University of Birmingham is now over, and the presentations are online, including from Mike Jackson, who I feel sure will say something about it all on his blog soon. And it looks like Svalbard may be in for some British deposits…
Thanks to all speakers and participants at the PGR conf. @unibirmingham Now lets get our UK PGR into Svalbard! pic.twitter.com/2rhbcylS48
— PlantGeneticResource (@PGRBham) June 6, 2016
The Indigenous Crop Biodiversity Festival, in Maui, Hawaii, August 24-30, 2016 is a recognized parallel event to the IUCN World Conservation Congress. It offers an opportunity to explore the role of indigenous crop biodiversity conservation in food security and in reducing agricultural impacts to natural ecosystems from practitioners perspectives, as well as a look into island biodiversity conservation, in advance of the Congress. To find out more and to register for any of the many events and site visits of the week, some of which are rarely open to the public, please visit.
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