Listen to our friend, colleague and occasional contributor Andy Jarvis talk about his quest to document the predicted effect of climate change on the world’s top 50 crops. Via.
Nibbles: Chile breeding, Sugarcane in India, Seed Vault, Cuban breeding, Cattle in Argentina, Flax fibres, Fisheries, Urban mushrooms, Ferula, African leafy green
- “All green chile derives its genetic base from the work of Fabian Garcia. We are at the center of the universe when it comes to chile because of Dr. Garcia.”
- Indian farmers move out of sugarcane, live to regret it.
- Freakonomists get Svalbard governance slightly wrong, but what the heck. Get it from the horse’s mouth.
- Adapting to climate change in Cuba through crop improvement.
- The Argentinian gauchos are running scared. And not just because of their pathetic football team.
- Microscopic remains of 30,000 year old flax cords found in Georgian cave. 30,000?
- Gotta fish less, boffins say.
- Growing shittake in a disused Mittagong railway tunnel.
- You remember our recent Dung of the Devil post? You remember how you thought it was a plant you didn’t need to know much about? Think again.
- BBC’s The Food Programme tackles African indigenous veggies.
Time to chew
Time magazine must be on an agrobiodiversity high. First, yerba mate. Now, qat.
Happy Ethiopian New Year!
To all our Ethiopian readers: Enqutatesh! Melakam Addis Amet!
Latin American drinks deconstructed
Alcademics has a couple of cool Peruvian booze stories. And Time has a photo essay on yerba mate. Amazing the diversity of drinks you can make from agrobiodiversity.