Markets – Page 270 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

August 20, 2007

East meets West

Big Pharma looks to Chinese medicine.

August 18, 2007

Opiate supply and demand

More on legalizing poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

August 17, 2007

Food miles to go before I sleep

A plea to rebuild regional food networks.

August 14, 2007

Baobab products galore

There’s a Baobab Fruit Company in Senegal. Via Timbuktu Chronicles.

August 13, 2007

Chewing the khat

A traditional narcotic shrub is taking over Yemeni agriculture.

1. New webinar series from the American Society of Plant Biologists will explore how underutilized (or is it opportunity) crops like amaranth can contribute to nutrition, food security and rural livelihoods.
2. FARA highlights the tiny West African grain fonio as another crop with potential to improve nutrition, strengthen food systems and create new opportunities for farmers and value chains.
3. Taiwanese tea has travelled an unlikely route into northern Thailand. It too was an opportunity crop at one time.
4. Ethiopian farmers may have been practising regenerative agriculture for millennia, mixing wheat, barley and other grains in the same field. The Rockefeller Foundation is on it.
5. Efforts to restore the Al Qarara Seed Bank in Gaza are offering a small but significant form of agricultural recovery.
6. In Nepal, indigenous seeds are losing ground to hybrids, but seed advocates are fighting back.
Published on August 22, 2026