Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
There’s a very good report from Pavlovsk on Al Jazeera’s youtube channel.
My only objection is to the reference to Pavlovsk as “one of only two botanical repositories on the planet.” And since we’re being all multimedia and social networky, I’ll also mention the photos on the Global Crop Diversity Trust’s Facebook page, which could do with — and are in fact receiving — some user-provided value-added.
And a big welcome to all of you who have ended up here from the 31st Berry-Go-Round. Have fun! Everybody else, off you go to Seeds Aside.
Evolutionary Applications has a Special Issue out devoted to “Evolution in Agro-Ecosystems. ” Attentive readers will spot the fact that we have already blogged about the papers on why there are no perennial grain crops and on the response of landraces to climate change. But there’s a lot more there.