- Lots of illegal fish on American plates.
- The relevant treaty has been passed, Congress just needs to write some legislation. And a few more countries need to sign it before it takes force.
- Nigeria is on it.
- As is Indonesia.
- So is the EU.
- A Japanese retailer is doing its bit.
- It will be good for business.
- But policing is an issue.
- High tech will help.
- Though challenges remain.
- After all, everything fishy is in transition.
Nibbles: Diverse diets, Ancient diets, Urban veggies, Medicinal phylogenetics, Double blind cowpeas, Adaptation hope, Livestock emissions, Climate change data, Afghani poppies, Aussie ag & breeders, Chinese agrobiodiversity, Weird cherry
- Meaty presentation on how biodiversity in the food system delivers a diverse diet. Could hardly fail to, really, could it.
- What’s a diverse diet ever done for me, asks ancient farmer.
- Vegetables an important part of diverse diets, of course. Especially in urban areas.
- Interesting EU project on the phylogenetics of medicinal plants. Any vegetables in there?
- Improved cowpeas only improved when farmers know they are improved. Wow.
- Some glimmers of hope on adaptation? Maybe.
- Not all livestock bad for climate change. And room for improvement on those that are.
- Yeah, but who cares, global warming is just a giant natural fluctuation, no? No.
- Legalize it, already! Poppy cultivation as a climate change adaptation measure?
- Australian agriculture unprepared for climate change? With all these fancy breeders and access to the world’s genebanks?
- Meanwhile, in China, the focus is on food sovereignty.
- And in Japan on its spaced out cherry tree.
Nibbles: Citrus in Italy, Banana genebank, Post-2015, Wheat Yield Partnership, Kenyan seed company, UC Davis symposium, Dingo genetics
- The history of citrus in Italy.
- The Independent visits the global banana genebank and still doesn’t figure out that there are no seeds there.
- Rome-based UN food agencies come up with post-2015 food security and nutrition targets. Not many people hurt.
- The wheat people have the answer.
- Going where no seed company has gone before.
- UC Davis Plant Breeding symposium to feature CIP genebank stalwart.
- The dingo is different.
Nibbles: Sustainability, Cattle domestication, Grain domestication, Peanut genome, Peanut breeding, Seed systems, Food prices, Climate stuff, Aid
- Sustainability and wildcrafting; not overharvesting frankincense, or anything else.
- Another take on cattle domestication.
- And the spread of ancient grains.
- Everyone wants to take credit for the peanut genome …
- Learn why that’s a good thing courtesy of the Generation Challenge Programme.
- A new website to ensure that seed aid after a disaster is not itself a disaster.
- Ah, the joys of walking the policy tightrope: Higher food prices are good for the poor … in the long run.
- Nice piece from the data nerds at 538: Can Evolution Outrace Climate Change?
- On a related note, can Bioversity outrace the IPCC?
- “The US Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the launch of its US$100-million Global Development Lab in Washington DC — a move that will elevate the role of science at the agency.” WCPGW?
Nibbles: Rice intensification, Community genebank, Biodiversity & poverty, Borlaug, Deconstructing recipes, Biofortification conference, IPCC, Kenyan agricultural changes, Collecting wild chickpeas, African peanuts, Insurance for herders, Old fields, Millet fairs & diseases, GDP and malnutrition, Yeast evolution
- From SRI to SARI. Rice has never had it so good.
- Look there’s even a guy in Orisha who grows 920 varieties.
- Biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction: Unproven. Doesn’t sound like they looked at agricultural biodiversity though.
- Contrary take on the Borlaug legacy.
- From Map Your Recipe to Compare Your Recipe. h/t Rachel Laudan.
- Follow that biofortification conference in Kigali. Maybe they’ll talk about recipes.
- Guardian Environment blogger breaks down the agricultural bits of the IPCC report for you. Lots of that going around.
- No conceivable reason for growing jatropha in Kenya. One of those times when you wonder whether anyone had predicted this would happen at the time.
- So does anyone know now whether switching from coffee to banana might be a bad idea in the long run? This is your chance.
- Wild chickpea to the rescue.
- The ups and downs of groundnut research in Africa.
- Islamic insurance for herders. Demand, meet supply.
- Celtic fields can still be seen, if you know what to look for.
- Seed fair in Senegal exchanges pearl millet. Could usefully do the same in Namibia, it looks like.
- Does economic growth help in reducing child malnutrition? It depends on whether you plot % malnutrition against GDP per capita or annual change of the first against annual change in the latter.
- The complicated story of yeast, unravelled.