Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Kapil Sibal, upon the invitation of the Norwegian Government visited the Svalbard Global Seed Vault at Longearbyen and deposited five varieties of Indian seeds namely IR-36and IR-64 (of rice) and Lerma Rojo, Sonoro-64 and Ridley (of wheat).
Nibbles: Fungi, Cacao, Animal husbandry, China, Africa, Maize, Genebank
- Diverse strains + diverse substrates = diverse shiitake.
- Chocolate is from Mars. Jeremy comments: “A disease called witches”??? BBC Science reporting strikes again. Get the USDA’s version.
- Eldis on a roll this morning: Livestock and climate change in Africa, sustainability of Chinese agriculture, beyond magic bullets in African agriculture.
- EurekAlert! tries to catch up: Mexican landraces.
- Quality assured potato genebank.
Happy Birthday Ft Collins!
The National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation is 50 years old in August. Why aren’t people making more of this?
Nibbles: Old maize, News, World Bank, Organic, Bees, Breeding, Svalbard, Genebank management, Cattle, Fibre
- Maize in the Dominican Republic 1500 years ago. Luigi comments: I see that and raise you wheat in Turkey 8,500 years ago.
- CTA announces news aggregator service. Yes, we feature. Via.
- World Bank country data mashed up with Google Maps. Not as useful as it might be.
- Organic farming researchers meet in Modena. Not all sweetness and light, though.
- BBC podcast on the troubles affecting bees.
- Breeders told to develop really hairy plants to combat warming.
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault makes list of world’s biggest science projects. No comment.
- CIP documents genebank use cases on youtube.
- The perils of herding zebu in Madagascar.
- Ancient Egyptians made cool ropes, but of what?
Nibbles: Food crisis, Zambia, Apples
- Dept. of Silver Linings: Food crisis may be a boon for small farmers in Africa.
- Front line report on a Zambian widow’s life.
- Yorkshire cider? More on that Brogdale deal. (BTW, it’s Petrus, not Petrou.)