Livestock

Nibbles: Veggies, Livestock, Micronutrients, Scurvy, Hemp

Grow what the market wants, African veggie growers told.
Develop the markets for what you grow, Vietnamese farmers told.
You need diverse animal breeds to graze on diverse landscapes shock.
Why, then, are pastoralists abandoning pastoralism?
The Micronutrient Forum is being revived with a gabfest in Addis, 2-6 June. Be still my beating heart.
They’re obviously not going to be too worried about scurvy.
It’s cannabis, Jim, but not as we know it. Hemp Is Coming Back As A Farm Crop. Oh yeah it is.
Whatever, I just hope the seed goes to Svalbard.

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.

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.

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.