Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

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Nibbles: Johnny Appleseed, ICRAF genebanks, China lychee genebank, Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, Saudi tree genebanks, European genebank data, Pricing nature

  1. Johnny Appleseed basically set up fruit tree genebanks 200 years ago.
  2. Modern fruit tree genebanks could probably learn something from Mr Appleseed.
  3. Is there a Mr Lycheeseed, I wonder?
  4. There are probably some fruit tree collections at the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute.
  5. Saudi Arabia is betting on tree genebanks. Maybe even fruit tree genebanks.
  6. All genebanks need to share their data, according to the guy in charge of helping European genebanks share their data.
  7. Can you put a value on genebanks? Should you?
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Nibbles: Fit for Biodiversity, Food value chains, FAO, SeedTracker, Morocco genetic erosion, Pastoralists, Cannabis seedbanks

  1. A conference on biodiversity in agri-food systems. Including agrobiodiversity?
  2. A photo essay about food value chains in India. Including agrobiodiversity?
  3. A few examples of FAO’s work on how agriculture sustains biodiversity. Including agrobiodiversity.
  4. An app to track seeds. And therefore agrobiodiversity.
  5. A warning that 75% of the agrobiodiversity of Morocco’s wheat and barley has been lost in the past 50 years. Ah, so that 75% number is true of something after all. Maybe they could use SeedTracker.
  6. A reminder that pastoralists guard biodiversity. Including agrobiodiversity.
  7. A Genesys for weed. Well, I guess it’s agrobiodiversity.
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Nibbles: Svalbard prize, Rice breeding, Coffee geography, Biodiversity loss monitoring, Spatial data

  1. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault gets the Princesa de Asturias Prize for international cooperation. Time to celebrate.
  2. Celebrating Pamela Ronald and scuba rice.
  3. Celebrating Ohsoon Yun and the geography of coffee.
  4. I’ll certainly celebrate if the approach of the NATURE-FIRST project can be applied to loss of agricultural biodiversity one day.
  5. The World Bank is in a celebratory mood with regards to geospatial and Earth observation data. I’ll join them when they fund a NATURE-FIRST for crop diversity.
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Nibbles: Pearl millet redux, Garden plants, Armenian pics, Seeds galore, Heavenly Book, Pastoralism threats

  1. Pearl millet is getting the hybrid treatment. And, loving it.
  2. Want to know what to grow in your garden? Yes, even pearl millet.
  3. Nice pics of Armenian landscapes, food and foodways. No pearl millet in sight.
  4. The latest monthly newsletter from The Botanist in the Kitchen does seeds. Pearl millet unavailable for comment.
  5. China is genotyping and phenotyping (almost) everything. Pearl millet feeling left out.
  6. If pearl millet fails, there is always pastoralism. No, wait…
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Nibbles: Middle East genebanks, American crabapples, Community seed banks, Indian banana genebank, Legume breeder spotlight, Agrobiodiversity tourism

  1. The Lebanese and Syrian genebanks in the news. For good reasons, for now at least.
  2. Wild American apples should be more in the news. And probably more in genebanks.
  3. Community seed banks could be good news in fragile states.
  4. Good news for India’s banana diversity. Yes, it now has a genebank!
  5. All those genebanks need breeders, like Mina Nešić.
  6. Genebanks are nice of course, but it’s even better news when the agrobiodiversity gets out and about.