Nibbles

Nibbles: Veggies, Livestock, Micronutrients, Scurvy, Hemp

Grow what the market wants, African veggie growers told.
Develop the markets for what you grow, Vietnamese farmers told.
You need diverse animal breeds to graze on diverse landscapes shock.
Why, then, are pastoralists abandoning pastoralism?
The Micronutrient Forum is being revived with a gabfest in Addis, 2-6 June. Be still my beating heart.
They’re obviously not going to be too worried about scurvy.
It’s cannabis, Jim, but not as we know it. Hemp Is Coming Back As A Farm Crop. Oh yeah it is.
Whatever, I just hope the seed goes to Svalbard.

Nice video on the importance of coconut in Sri Lanka. Awful music though.
Citizens help spot the ringspot in Hawaii.
Lots of biodiversity in cities. Including crop wild relatives? Oh, to get hold of that data…

Lots of illegal fish on American plates.
The relevant treaty has been passed, Congress just needs to write some legislation. And a few more countries need to sign it before it takes force.
Nigeria is on it.
As is Indonesia.
So is the EU.
A Japanese retailer is doing its bit.
It will be good for business.
But policing is an issue.
High tech will help.
Though challenges remain.
After all, everything fishy is in transition.

Meaty presentation on how biodiversity in the food system delivers a diverse diet. Could hardly fail to, really, could it.
What’s a diverse diet ever done for me, asks ancient farmer.
Vegetables an important part of diverse diets, of course. Especially in urban areas.
Interesting EU project on the phylogenetics of medicinal plants. Any vegetables in there?
Improved cowpeas only improved when farmers know they are improved. Wow.
Some glimmers of hope on adaptation? Maybe.
Not all livestock bad for climate change. And room for improvement on those that are.
Yeah, but who cares, global warming is just a giant natural fluctuation, no? No.
Legalize it, already! Poppy cultivation as a climate change adaptation measure?
Australian agriculture unprepared for climate change? With all these fancy breeders and access to the world’s genebanks?
Meanwhile, in China, the focus is on food sovereignty.
And in Japan on its spaced out cherry tree.

“Will Increased Food Production Devour Tropical Forest Lands?” A long condensed version of an even longer answer.
Baobabs hybridise rather freely. Time to edit all those factsheets?