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Shelagh weighs in on that pink banana:

We found that for the high priority Musa taxa (including itinerans, a primary wild relative) occurrence data were lacking in online databases. Data were so sketchy that we were unable to do any sensible mapping. We highlighted the need for a detailed ecogeographic survey of this group.

Jacob shares indigenous knowledge:

Niet op één paard wedden.

What would you say?

Staffan at Gapminder wants you to play:

Please, when you or your visitors find some interesting combination or revelation from the graphs, please let us know. We are soon going to implement a new function where we hint of some of the interesting facts that can be found in the graphs with the possibility to add some explaining text to each graph. We therefore need good stories to tell from the graphs. Just drop us a line if you have an example you want to share with the world!

As if we needed encouraging.

Pablo reminds us there’s a lot already going on on “hidden hunger,” but much still remains to be done:

Much work has been done using a range of approaches to increase the micro-nutrient content of foods and diets. My hope is that the “no brainer” the Economist article refers to is to examine the wide range of approaches to addressing micro-nutrient deficiencies in diets and deliver some added value and fill in current gaps in research.

Jacob throws a spanner in the whole choose-a-crop-to-save thing:

Maize is also my choice, because we have the whole industrial machinery in place to process it into a wide range of products.

If I had to let one plant go extinct, it would probably also be maize. It would make the world a lot more agrobiodiverse.