Livestock

Nibbles: Edible terricolous insects, Interdependence, Spanish livestock, Milk for pastoralists, African Crop Science Society, Ethiopia CBD report, New Agriculturalist, Geo-referencing

Cicadas are good, and good for you.
Genes from “foreign” wheat played significant role in improving Chinese wheat.
Spain publishes plan for the conservation, improvement and promotion of livestock breeds.
Milk Matters. To Somali children in Ethiopia, in this case.
Winners of ACSS awards for 2009 announced.
“Conserving Ethiopia’s biodiversity far from adequate.” Or so says Ethiopia’s report to CBD. Some agrobiodiversity included.
New Agriculturalist is out. Rejoice.
Andy Jarvis on the value of geo-referencing.

Garlic diversity evaluated. Vampire-blocking not assessed.
The movements of Ice Age bison in Canada and Bronze Age cattle in Britain deconstructed.
The plight of the banteng.
Natural NERICA? Well, maybe, but at what frequencies?
Seed Savers Handbook online. Jeremy conflicted.

South Africans produce virus-resistant cassava.
Success stories in agricultural development documented. Some agrobiodiversity in there.
Fisheries and food security. And more. And more: why not eat “weedy”fish?
A crop modeler speaks.
African agriculture is on youtube, but just barely.
Forage grasses for beginners. Straight from the grazier’s mouth.

Woman discovers marketable new apple. Good news.
Mongolian blogger thinks rangeland sustainability “projects should do more work in people’s mind than on the rangeland.”