Bratwurst: adding value to agrobiodiversity for 600 years.
Diversity good for pastures too
More agrobiodiverse European pastures are more productive.
To cull or not to cull
Apparently the argument about whether it’s a good idea or not to cull badgers in areas of bovine TB incidence in the UK is not over yet. Now a farmer weighs in. Well whatever next!
Cloning equines
Cloned racing mules. Cloned racing mules?
Aquaculture big in Egypt
I stumbled on a fairly recent (2006) summary of aquaculture in Africa which at first sight suggests an incredibly impressive expansion in the use of aquatic agrobiodiversity — something like a five-fold increase in tonnage in the past ten years or so. ((via Timbuktu Chronicles.)) A closer look, however, shows that most of that increase has occurred in a single country: Egypt accounted for 83% of African aquaculture production in 2004, and 42% of that was Nile tilapia. The industry does seem to be diversifying a bit in terms of species, but not much, judging by the graphs. I hope there isn’t a bust coming after this boom…