Nibbles

Nibbles: Mango, Money, Holy guacamole

“Top 8 Wonderful Things You Can Do With A Mango.” Kenyan clickbait. I bought it.
“Third Call for Project Proposals under the Treaty’s Benefit-sharing Fund.” Seed Treaty clickbait. I’m not qualified.
“Guacapocalypse” — a headline to reckon with. Here’s the back story to climate change and avocados.

CIAT examines the climate change options for coffee and mongo in Haiti.
Edward Carr reckons that from an aid donor’s perspective, adapting agriculture to climate change isn’t such a great idea.
Neither has anything to say about this how-to guide to mushroom farming in Kenya.

If you were thinking of registering for Resilience 2014 in Montpellier, you better get your skates on. It closes on 10 March.
UK pays farmers to conserve biodiversity – but not crop biodiversity.
Eau de goat is “citrus-scented” shock.
A web-based resource to understand the 30,000 genes that make grapes.

Former CIFOR DG interviewed about Global Forest Watch and more. I would have asked why you can’t import your own data or share a map you make.
A particularly important place to watch the forest is Honduras, because deforestation there is correlated with cocaine trafficking.
Not clear from this World Bank piece if deforestation in PNG associated with cultivation of another drug, i.e. coffee.
Better bananas would be good for forests, wouldn’t they?
Bah, just let them have corridors, they’ll be fine.
And don’t forget to eat the forest bugs.
Ok, I can’t figure out how to fit the history of potato breeding into this narrative. Any of it organic, though?