- Drought tolerance? It’s the carbs.
- Whisky 101.
- Coincidental mashup of the above. Barley used in whisky production provides clue to drought tolerance.
- Pre-hispanic veggies.
- Pre-hispanic carbs.
- Pre-hispanic livestock.
- Sustainable agriculture deconstructed.
- GBIF scores Chinese specimens.
Nibbles: Dryland agroforestry, Parmigiano DOC, Killer tomatoes, Purslane salad, Breadfruit $, Community seedbanks, Kiribati under water, Landscapes
- At the risk of annoying Dave Wood again, here’s something on agroforestry in Africa.
- A podcast on what it takes to make parmigiano reggiano.
- Speaking of Italian agricultural products, it’s not all sweetness and light.
- But can you put purslane on pizza?
- Funding breadfruit.
- Community seed banks take off in India.
- Kiribati will need some too. But in Fiji.
- The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative is on Slideshare. Not much comfort for Kiribati, I suspect.
Nibbles: Global Nutrition Report, Neanderthal veggies, Azolla genome, Evergreen Garrity, Breadfruit tease, Apios & other perennials, Guelph U genebank, Camel trouble, ICRISAT transitions, American beer
- Crowdsourcing the Global Nutrition Report.
- Which will not cover the Neanderthals.
- Azolla genome project meets crowdfunding target, gets love from BGI.
- Would that contribute to Evergreen Agriculture?
- I bet breadfruit would, but New Scientist has put an article about that interesting tree behind a paywall. But, see this teaser…
- Some people think the potato bean will.
- Another genebank in Canada. Not crops, though, I suspect.
- Saving the camel in Rajasthan.
- ICRISAT gets a new DG.
- Podcast on the history of American beer. Perfect note on which to wish you all a good rest of the weekend.
Nibbles: WHS, Cultural identity, Agrobiodiversity monitoring, Mango genebank, Coconut genebank
- New UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including some vaguely agricultural ones.
- Why more of those would make sense.
- Though monitoring would be a challenge.
- Could put it all in genebanks, like these mangoes in India.
- But that’s hard too, just ask this coconut genebank curator in PNG.
Nibbles: Yaks in USA, Sorghum vs maize, Jackfruit mystery, Cassava viruses, Aquculture & gender, G20 ag meeting, CGIAR
- Yak farming. In Arizona?
- Sorghum farming. In Kenya?
- Jackfruit farming. Who’d do it?
- Cassava farming. With all those nasty viruses?
- Fish farming. By Bangladeshi women?
- Global farming. What will the G20 do?
- Farming research. Have you heard of the CGIAR? From the horse’s mouth?