The USDA’s National Agricultural Library has a bunch of “special collections” which are really just that — special. For example, check out the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection. Here’s a taster, the Arkansas Black.
CGIAR responds to climate challenge, launches Challenge Program
This just in from the Theme Leader on the Global Challenge Program for Climate Change and Food Security, based in Cali, Colombia, aka Andy Jarvis:
The official launch for the Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) will take place on May 4th in Nairobi, Kenya.
Be there (and report it for us?) or be square.
Nibbles: Kew web, Turkeys, Sugar, Climate, Law
- RBG Kew launches new website. Busy, busy, busy.
- Turkeys domesticated twice, neither time in Turkey. Gobble, gobble.
- Warmer-than-expected weather hits Thai sugar production. Sweet.
- Climate shocks hit poor countries’ exports. Shocked. h/t Cecilia.
- Biodiversity law could stymie research,” and that’s all I know, because the rest is behind a paywall. Access and benefit share THIS!
Nibbles: Amman, Banana disease, Survey, Qatar, Wetlands
- MSM on Amman meeting; eat Luigi’s dust.
- Black sigatoka disease confirmed on St Lucia; eats banana plantations.
- “Eggs come from sheep” kids survey surprise shock; eat anything.
- Qatar builds a genebank.
- On World Wetlands Day, Lake Chad protected and British farmland flooded. Will some crop wild relatives benefit?
It’s easy to follow Vavilov
Have we mentioned that the great NI Vavilov has started to tweet?