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Nibbles: Oz vineyard apocalypse, California vineyards redux, Ethiopian genebank, Maya collapse revisionism, SunBlack tomato, Nutritious staples, Citrus endowment, Sheep pix

In Australia, they’re ripping up vineyards.
Whereas in California, they’re going to breed 10,000 new grape varieties and make a new wine. Go figure.
Interview with the director of the Ethiopian national genebank, Dr Gemedo Dalle.
Deforestation et al. not responsible for Maya collapse after all. Jared Diamond unavailable for comment.
Black tomato a hit in Italy. Looks crap on pizza though.
The case for biofortification.
University of Florida sets up endowment to protect its research groves in face of citrus greening.
Googlesheepview. Nuff said.

Making a cup of “coffee.” Well, it is for Dunkin’ Donuts.
Pigs: yum or yuch?
FAO wants to know about how to teach healthy living in schools.
You’d have thought it difficult to have a healthy life in the Arctic, but people manage it.
Our rubber supply is in jeopardy. The raw material, not the product.
Ethiopian genebank in the development news.

CIMMYT pushes its newly-bred water-efficient maize in Africa.
AGRA not mentioned in the above but surely they were involved? If only in the extension part.
African universities also not mentioned, but probably less likely to have been involved. Alas.
Register for the next class of the European Plant Breeding Academy, which starts in October 2015. Not at an African university. At a US university.
ICRISAT pivots towards millets. Will probably involve breeding. And maybe universities.
As for genebanks, I’ve given up expecting namechecks in any of the above.

Choose the right seeds. For Kenya.
Cross the right goats. In Kenya.
Eat the right underutilized crops. In Kenya.
Grow the right Brachiaria. In Kenya.
Pick the right people. From Kenya.
Breed the right, i.e. tasty, sweetpotatoes. In Kenya. And elsewhere, admittedly.

African Seed Access Index comes out for Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
New way to fund crop diversity conservation to be unveiled at FFD3 in Addis Ababa next week.
“When you looked for ‘Ethiopia’ in a dictionary, it would also always mention ‘famine’. Now that time is over.”
Vote for me!!!! I so want to win this damn Bioversity photo competition.
Yes, you can have your long-grain rice and yield too!
Everybody loves floating gardens.
Mapping chocolate.
“Why Is there Wine on the UNESCO World Heritage List?” Why the hell not?
Lost grapes in Shangri-La. UNESCO beckons?
Flatbreads rule.