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Nibbles: Vegetables training, Genebanks and genomics, Kew and CWR, AnGR ABS

AVRDC’s 30th International Vegetable Training Course Vegetables: From Seed to Table and Beyond.
Cameron Peace’s excellent presentation on genomics and fruit genebanks at the recent PAG symposium organized by NPGS staff Chris Richards (Ft. Collins) and Clare Coyne (Pullman).
Kew’s latest Samara newsletter does crop wild relatives.
Exploring the need for specific measures for access and benefit-sharing of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture. Results of a workshop.

The livestock genetic resources conservation people are going to be hard at it both in Europe and India this year. Must be something in the air.

Got something to say to the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples? Call for Sessions.
“[B]anana variety diversity contributes positively to reducing yield losses caused by biophysical constraints.” IFPRI paper, so you know you can believe it.
Weaver ants drafted to protect African fruit and nut crops. Again.

Detailed look at food prices and crises.
“[A] higher intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of IHD [ischaemic heart disease] mortality. Whether this association is causal and, if so, the biological mechanism(s) by which fruits and vegetables operate to lower IHD risks remains unclear.” Who cares how it works.
Higher rice productivity just “a phone call away,” it says here.