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Category: Neglected species

Posted on September 30, 2007

Agrobiodiversity around the home

British homegardens to be surveyed.

Posted on September 24, 2007September 26, 2007

Giant swamp taro analyzed

More of one of our favourite leitmotifs. Lois Englberger tells me her team’s latest paper on variety-level nutritional composition has been accepted by the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 1.  It won’t actually be out for a few months, but here’s the abstract to whet your appetite:

Continue reading “Giant swamp taro analyzed”

Posted on September 24, 2007September 24, 2007

NTFP and poverty

Collecting wild foods an “efficient method of subsistence.”

Posted on September 23, 2007

Root crops vs grains

Do we need more vegeculture? Via Tucsonivores.

Posted on September 15, 2007September 16, 2007

Pachyrhizus power

Yam bean a major high-protein starch staple?

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. A little more safety for Ukraine’s seeds, thanks to a new genebank.
    2. A little more safety for Mexico’s native maize, thanks to Pres. Sheinbaum.
    3. A little more safety for Andean agriculture, thanks to Ecuadorian Indigenous women and Inside Mater in Peru.
    4. A little more safety for Ischia’s zampognaro bean and Amalfi’s lemons, thanks to local people (and GIAHS).
    5. A little more safety for Pacific crops, thanks to cryopreservation. Breadfruit next?
    6. A little more safety for moringa? At least in Africa with all its “opportunity crops”?

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