Intellectual property rights

Nibbles: Conservation genetics, African fish farming, Ecological intensification, Elderly diets, Organic breeding, Conference tweeting, Mexican maguey, African PBR

Conservation genetics papers from Latin America, courtesy of special issue of the Journal of Heredity. No ag, but no problem.
African aquaculture takes off. Or perhaps rises to the surface would be more appropriate.
Expert parses what experts said “sustainable intensification” means.
Leafy greens and wine good for oldies. Good to know.
Student Organic Seed Symposium to discuss “Growing the Organic Seed Spectrum: A Community Approach” in a few days’ time.
How to tweet. At scientific conferences, that is.
Maguey genebank in the offing. Well worth tweeting about.
Arusha Protocol on the Protection of New Plant Varieties (Plant Breeders’ Rights) adopted. Basically UPOV 1999 for Africa. But I suspect the polemics are only just starting.

Secret of barley brittle rachis revealed. In other news, there’s a Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls.
Bramley apple pie filling protected. But from who?
Participatively bred Oaxacan maize finds a market niche.
Have some tequila with that participatively bred Oaxacan maize.
“We can call a government and tell them our data is telling us that a pest is on the way.”
The coolness of seeds.
Yeah but “[g]ood seed in the wrong place is no longer good seed.”

Seeds scoped in the Pacific. I doubt the region will feature much in the Access to Seeds Index. Not unless it features community seed production groups like Atauro in East Timor.
Wanna reform the food system? Here’s the theory.
And here’s the practice, at least for wheat (and bread). Though some would probably beg to differ.
Blowing up African retail, one banana at the time.
Biological control of coca. What could possibly go wrong.
The reason for the holes in swiss cheese? We finally have the data.
But personally I prefer halloumi.
There are patents. There is PVP. And there are trademarks. A podcast on apple breeding, if you can believe it.
A whole bunch of heirloom roses all in one place.
Museum boffins find stale tea, Brits go ape.
Go on, have an insect.
Or maybe a nice piece of fish. While you can.
Confused about the UNFCCC negotiations about agriculture? Farming First has you covered.
Famine is history. Discuss.
NSF toolkit for communicating science. Maybe I should have read this before Nibbling.

Yeast perfume. Great for Valentine’s Day.
Webinar of discussion on “Origin Products and Native American Tribes: EU and U.S. Law and Policy.”
The perennial attraction of perennial rice.
Ancient Nubians knew domesticated wheat and barley earlier than thought. But not as early as Britons.

The avocado was once quinoa.
Cyanobacterium found in an algal collection at the University of Texas in Austin will save us all.
You need the cops on your side if you want to save American ginseng.
Banana genetic resources get a new website.
Peace breaks out in UC Davis strawberry dispute.
How did maca get from Junin to Yunnan?
Philippines may label biodiversity-friendly products.