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Author: Luigi Guarino

Posted on May 14, 2009

Nibbles: Liberia

  • Barcoding timber trees, and tapping rubber, in Liberia.
Posted on May 14, 2009May 14, 2009

US readies itself for Roquefort flood

The iniquitous 300% tariffs imposed by the last administration on Roquefort cheese are to go. The sterling campaigning efforts of the Société Roquefort have thus been deservedly rewarded. Good news for American cheese lovers. And Occitan shepherds. Let agrobiodiversity and its products be free!

Posted on May 13, 2009

What gives wine its taste

It’s good practice to throw garbage into your vineyard, apparently. Always has been. Don’t believe me? Read the article, watch the video.

Posted on May 13, 2009May 13, 2009

Nibbles: Tsetse, Warty pumpkins, Cattle origins, Crop mobs

  • Tripping up trypanosomiasis: “It is a poverty fly.”
  • Pumpkin patent squashed: “This is like trying to patent all trees with twisted limbs.”
  • Indonesian bovines fingerprinted: “…the famous ‘racing bulls‘ from Madura descended from banteng cows.”
  • Cropmobbing. Sounds like fun. Via.
Posted on May 12, 2009May 12, 2009

Royal oxen turn up their noses

“This means we will have plenty of the corn and beans, but a poor rice harvest,” astrologer Kang Ken announced after the ceremony which was presided over by King Norodom Sihamoni.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. A little more safety for Ukraine’s seeds, thanks to a new genebank.
    2. A little more safety for Mexico’s native maize, thanks to Pres. Sheinbaum.
    3. A little more safety for Andean agriculture, thanks to Ecuadorian Indigenous women and Inside Mater in Peru.
    4. A little more safety for Ischia’s zampognaro bean and Amalfi’s lemons, thanks to local people (and GIAHS).
    5. A little more safety for Pacific crops, thanks to cryopreservation. Breadfruit next?
    6. A little more safety for moringa? At least in Africa with all its “opportunity crops”?

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