There’s a great set of photos of the CIAT Genetic Resources Programme up at Flickr. It does pay to have a photographer who knows what he’s doing.
Equator Prize — don’t forget
We nibbled it a couple of weeks ago, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded. Nominations for the Equator Prize close on 28 February, so if you want to be considered, get going. For the record, agricultural biodiversity can win!
Mapping agrobiodiversity research
Would you like to know where the CGIAR has agrobiodiversity projects in Africa? Ok, then, check out the new beta of the Ongoing Research website. The map on the website, unlike the screenshot below, is interactive. Via.
Nibbles: Freakeh, Communication, CBD, konjac
- Freekeh, the New Quinoa? Mebbe. Meh.
- Biodiversity loss matters, and communication is crucial. Uh’huh.
- “We’re all gardeners in some way or another, so we can play a role.” Convention on Biological Diversity gets it?
- Got konjac? The Toad’s has flowered.
Vote for innovative nutrition solutions
We had an email from Yvonna Tan alerting us to the Ashoka Changemakers competition for innovative solutions to improve nutrition. Yvonna wanted us to recommend her project to our readers, but we’re uncomfortable doing that. There are lots of great-sounding projects in the list, from fake goats to vegetable gardens. So while we’re greatful to Yvonna for poking us, we’ll leave you to choose the projects you want to support. You have to register, and that requires responding to an email, so it is a bit time-consuming. But the winning project gets $5000 so you might consider it time well spent. You have till 8 February.