- There’s a Facebook group for that: unusual root crops, sponsored by the inimitable Rhizowen.
- ILRI says herders are important to identify disease outbreaks in livestock. Makes sense to me.
- ILRI also says local breeds should be included in Indian pig-breeding programmes. Again, no argument.
- More on livestock: what Mongolia’s harsh winter has wrought. BTW, there’s also a discussion at DAD-Net of the effect of Pakistan’s floods on livestock.
- Aspen trees need occasional sex. Don’t we all.
- Climate change not good for rice. I knew that, I think.
Court decides against Pavlovsk but hope remains
We’ve just learned that the court has decided in favour of the federal housing authority to permit the destruction of the Pavlovsk Experiment Station’s field collection of fruit diversity. Some hope remains, however. The N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry (VIR) says it will today lodge an appeal with the High Arbitration Court against the Supreme Arbitration Court’s decision. This gains campaigners another month to save Pavlovsk.
A spokesman for VIR also said that they had received further confirmation that the Court’s decision can be revoked by the President or Prime Minister.
We don’t know whether either Mr Medvedev or Mr Putin is actually listening, but if you haven’t already done so, it can’t hurt to let them know how you feel.
Nibbles: Greenhouse gases, Fellowship
- How to farm for greenhouse gas credits. There’s an online calculator (for the US)!
- Bioversity calls for applicants for the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2011.
Nibbles: Deregulation, Grapes, Bananas
- As with beer, so with beef. Gary argues for deregulation.
- Bring grapevines back to England, as ornamentals for the time being.
- Bacteria boost banana productivity.
Nibbles: GM canola, Maize, Conference, Chefs, Prices
- GM canola goes wild, Jeremy is not surprised
- More — much more — on maize cultivation in Chaco Canyon.
- Conference in London on Securing Future Food. Agrobiodiversity should be present.
- Chefs embrace agrobiodiversity — in Maine.
- Price spikes: climate change or knee-jerk policies? (Both?)