- UNEP-GEF crop wild relatives project makes Top 20 list.
- IRRI DG sings praises of IRRI genebank.
- Interview with Seed Savers founder.
- Danny watches heirloom spuds on the BBC. Too bad we can’t.
- If you want to intensify rice production in the coastal Ganges, you’ll need these varieties.
- And if you want to see pictures of the seeds of wild plants of Korea, you’ll need this website. But you might need some Korean.
Who knows what about cassava brown streak disease
We asked why the CGIAR has apparently been so silent on Cassava Brown Streak Disease. Glenn pointed out that maybe we’re just ignorant.
There is probably more going on, we just don’t know about it. One key question is whether genebanks have been thoroughly screened for CBSD resistence.
Well, have they?
Glenn makes another good point.
In theory, CG reform should be able to tackle a problem like this more efficiently. The roots and tuber program should be promoting more interaction between IITA and CIAT, interaction that would bring together the researchers mostly closely working on CBSD with others that might have solutions … maybe someone who know more about this can comment.
Well, can they?
But caught up in the frenzy, Glenn cannot help but post a little something on CBSD himself, thus finally breaking that CGIAR silence. Our next question? Why doesn’t FARM-Africa mention the disease in their post, also today, on their cassava work in Western Kenya? The disease is just across the border in Tanzania, after all, according to Glenn’s maps.
Nibbles: Cassava bad and good news, Soybean domestication, Bitter gourd, Drought, Agrobiodiversity job, Heirloom turkey, Eurisco, Artisanal wheat, MSB, Food culture
- FAO really very worried about cassava. Does it know that the CGIAR has the technology?
- In today’s “crop X domesticated earlier than usually thought” story, X = soybean.
- The Deccan Chronicle discovers the Bitter Gourd Project and likes what it sees.
- How to drought phenotype crops.
- The Christensen Fund has a position open for a Program Associate – Agrobiodiversity and Biocultural Landscapes. Damn, that sounds interesting.
- “But, miraculously, the Ghost Turkey survives.”
- Eurisco has a new website!
- Artisanal wheat on the rise. I love the quip in the caption.
- Vancouver ♥ Millennium Seed Bank, and fawns over faux royalty.
- Amaranth and pizza offer entreés to culture and politics.
Nibbles: Libya, Retail links, Book
- Libya asks ICARDA for seeds. We ask “Libyan seeds?”
- Indian small farmers should link to retail chains.
- New Agriculturalist reviews a book on upscaling small-scale farmers.
Nibbles: Palestinian genebank, PNG seeds, Local chickens, Landscapes
- New seed bank on West Bank. This one seems to be a genebank. I think.
- Seeds and needs in PNG.
- ILRI PowerPoint on Ethiopian chickens. But 46 slides?
- Everybody’s talking about the new Landscapes for People, Food and Nature thing, so I guess we should too.