Nibbles

Nibbles: Hunger, Food surplus, Bananas not killing crocs, Overpopulation matters, NUS 2013, Berry go Round, Call for articles, Wild cabbage

How to solve world hunger, eat a new report.
Or send them the UK’s surplus oats and wheat.
Our friend Anne Vezina lets the reptiles of the press have it right between the eyes: Crocs and banana plantations: What the media missed.
And Erik Hammar is peeved about a New York Times op-ed pooh poohing the problem of overpopulation.
Glad we’re not too late to point you to the write-up of the 1st day of the NUS 2013 conference. More to come?
There’s a new Berry go Round botany blog carnival up, with nothing of agricultural interest. I guess we missed the call for content. Again.
Farming Matters wants your articles on agricultural biodiversity.
In a cabbage taste test, wild is best.

The Oman Observer on the opening of the 5th meeting of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). Nice rhino horn dagger handle, dude!
For real news, though, you need to be following #itgb5.
You know all that stuff about mobile phones being the future of farming? Manure!
Here’s another thing we missed. The 3rd International Bambara groundnut Workshop, yesterday. ‘Spect someone will write it up, eventually.
Mother Earth News loves it up for Decorah, Iowa, home of Seed Savers Exchange.

Colony collapse disorder. It’s still complicated.
The Botanist in the Kitchen is at it again, with an in-depth treatment of okra, slime and chocolate.
But seriously, why don’t Anglo-Saxons eat equids? It’s all down to religion.
Nigeria embraces UNCTAD report that warns against monoculture.
An interactive map of crop wild relatives. If it showed barley too, I know someone who would be in heaven.
As so often in these matter, Kew comes to the rescue.
A history of the peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. My kind of dietary diversity.

Flickr shows off its best photos of the rice terraces of China. No idea how to embed these on our site. You’ll just have to go see for yourself.
UK diplomats embrace street food giveaways.
A book: Cultivate Diversity! That’s an order, obviously. Order it from here.

Backyard chickens too much hassle? We have the solution for you.
Supplies go up, prices go down. Those pesky speculators had nothing to do with it.
Prices go up … The story for India’s agrciultural labourers.
Colombia’s loss will Ecuador’s gain. Predictions for bananas in the 2060s.
Conventional farmer loves cover crops. Shurely shome mishtake.
Building the pyramids. It’s a tough job, but at least you eat well.
Beans with benefits. On the road with a breeder in Rwanda.
Chinese maize diversity explored, a bit.
Massive diversity of all sorts of thing, in German.
Rhizowen has another favourite underutilised legume crop: Amphicarpaea bracteata subsp edgeworthii.
It’s vino, but is it natural?
How is a fig like a mulberry? The Botanist in the Kitchen explains.
Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement. A conference, in June 2014.
Agricultural Biodiversity Community @ Work. A conference, in June 2013. PENHA was there.
Preparations are underway for Kew’s Great Seed Swap. Call me dumb, but I cannot see a date anywhere there.
Purple sweet potatoes to dye for.
Oh boy! A regional genebank for bamboo. A bambusetum, no less.