Neglected species

Nibbles: Flora, Agronomy podcasts, Stats, GFAR, Horses, Lettuce, Churst forests, Brazil nut, Grassland diversity, Baobab, Flotation, Botanic gardens and invasives, Nutrigenomics

Picture guide to West African plants. Includes agrobiodiversity!
Iowa State Agronomy podcasts. Some cool stuff. Check out the one on “Modeling Seed Germination Over Time to Decide When to Regenerate Seed Lots in Long-term Storage.”
A “formal global program to develop subnational agricultural land-use statistics“? Riiiiight.
GFAR meeting on sustainable use of agrobiodiversity says “[w]e need to initiate solid and inclusive actions to build concerted and practical actions on sustainable use.” Well they do say actions speak louder than words.
Researcher “trying to remove the perception that hackneys are ‘half-crazed.'” I’d rather pay to save them if they were crazy, but that’s me.
Romaine: germplasm to breeding lines. But to cultivars? Private sector to pick up the slack.
Crops not mentioned among species that save our lives.
Saving sacred groves in Ethiopia. By building pit latrines. Well why not?
Brazil nut spread by people.
A trade-off between species and genetic diversity? Say it
ain’t so!
Today’s iconic species threatened by climate change is the baobab.
An Egyptian archaeobotanical blog.
Botanic gardens can threaten biodiversity.
Nature has (or had, it’s a couple months old) a supplement on nutrigenomics.

A multimedia extravaganza

UN Special Representative explains what the UN is up to on nutrition, and why. Video.
Disease-free seed yams. Audio.

High-protein, vitamin-A enriched cassava. It’s GM, but it doesn’t have to be. Apparently.
Resilience Science shows us the modernist face of intense and diverse agriculture in Brazil.
The Scientist Gardener gives taro, and our pal the TaroMeister, some respect.
A tobacco festival! Celebrating the diversity of cigars! In Cuba! (Where else?)

Lingonberries power a trip from moose to mousse, and mush.
FAO has a draft of updated genebank standards!
Climate change person visits ICRISAT genebank, is impressed.
Access to improved seed lauded.
Yo! Price spike watchers! The Chinese drought thing is complex. Pay yer money. Take yer choice.
Our friends at DAPA highlight their friends in Cuba: “peasant farmers have been able to boost food production via environmentally friendly methods”.
Protecting native bee populations in Mexico.