Climate change

Nibbles: Ethiopia, India, Japan, Netherlands

African data centre planned.
“…genetic variability and phenotypic plasticity of plant anti-herbivore defences allow plant populations to rapidly respond to changing environmental conditions.” In a crop wild relative, no less.
The genetics of chicken domestication. I’d like to see the results of those crosses.
Do you have these heirloom tomatoes?
Getting increased heat tolerance from a wild relative into wheat.

Apple diversity on display at Terra Madre.
A drought-resistant sorghum for Karamoja. Read the script of a radio programme.
CIAT advises Ugandan farmers: produce what you can sell, don’t sell what you can produce. Hmmmn.
Local cow breeds and Protected Designation of Origin cheeses. There’s a conclusion here struggling to emerge, but I can’t recognize it. Help me.
CABI pushes for crop diversification. Get in line!
Where giant pumpkins come from.
Nutritionists should get to grips with human diversity.
2nd State of the World’s PGRFA launched by FAO to much fanfare. And usual incorrect figures on genetic erosion. Oh I give up.

PhD student from East Africa wanted to study greenhouse gases, biochar and other cool stuff.
Weevils eat half the cowpea harvest. Solution in the bag.
Ecuadorian chocolate experts visit the World Bank. Did they bring samples?
Lots of ecdysteroids in quinoa. Not clear to me if this is good or bad.
Yes, Malagasy rice is different.
Evaluating a Dang Rasimi jackfruit. Looks pretty good to me.
Crop wild relatives in genebanks help with drought tolerance in wheat.
Meta-paper on livelihoods diversity in rice-wheat-livestock systems Indo-Gangetic Plains has no room for varietal diversity in rice-wheat.