- How much evidence do you need that farming came into Europe with farmers?
- Defra report on the UK’s animal genetic resources. Interestingly enough, no edible horse breeds listed.
- CIP et al. set up network for the nutritional enhancement of toots and rubers.
- So apparently sustainable diets need a business case. Ah, the sorry failed lexicon of contemporary managerialism!
- USAID thinks the pomegranate is an exotic fruit in Azerbaijan.
Nibbles: Maize genes, Livestock domestication, Guinea fowl, Plant identification, Juniper conservation, Cacao conservation, Seed talk, IPBES report, Global consultation
- Today’s genomic breakthrough involves kernel number in maize.
- Neolithic people overhunted, then thought better of it.
- Was guinea fowl ever domesticated, I wonder?
- How to figure out if you’ve looked hard enough. For plants, that is. And some discussion.
- Gin is in trouble. But help is at hand.
- A workshop on chocolate and vanilla. My kinda event. And chocolate does need help. Gin, chocolate. Pretty soon life wont be worth living.
- Simran Sethi’s Twitter chat after TEDxManhattan was storified, but it’s gone now of course. Try this instead.
- Final say on that IPBES-1 gabfest.
- And the first say on that “Global Consultation on agricultural biodiversity for sustainable food security” thing.
Nibbles: Fisheries, Aquaculture, Oman GR centre, Neighbourhood farm, Striga control, Quinoa blog
- Indonesians integrate biodiversity with development.
- Aquaculturists integrate catfish and tilapia with carp.
- Omanis want to integrate genetic resources conservation regionally.
- A community integrates around a neighbourhood farm.
- Integrated solutions needed for Striga? Push-pull, anyone?
- New blog aims to integrate quinoa into Chilean diets.
Nibbles: Farm size, Evidence-based policy, Priority sites, Tibetan grasslands, Sustainable intensification, Lipid improvement, Medicinal plants, Local fish, Wheat access, Purple yam,
- Small is beautiful. No, wait… And more from where that came, ahem, from.
- Evidence? We don’t need no stinking evidence.
- CIAT blogs about a workshop about a model about prioritization about populations about breeding about beans. While its peach palm thing gets picked up.
- Tibetan grasslands feel the heat. Not entirely certain why ICRAF should care, but it’s good to know.
- Peaches compatible with maize in Bolivian agrobiodiversity hotspot. Not nearly enough info in this release, will need to chase it up. And here it is.
- Rothamstead engineers lipids. But it’s for better nutrition, so that’s ok.
- Trad med in RSA.
- Fish as an ingredient of complementary foods. Nutritious, I’m sure, but I suspect Crocodile Dundee’s comment on the iguana applies.
- US wheat breeders worried about access. Maybe if the country ratified the ITPGRFA?
- Filipinos really like purple sweets, apparently. Here are some made of purple yam, ube, Dioscorea alata, call it what you will.
Nibbles: Banana extinction, Sacha inchi, PES for dairying, Millets, Fermentation, Breadfruit and coconut
- Over-exploitation threatens extinction for the Cliff Banana Ensete superbum.
- Non-fishy omega–3s from an underexploited Peruvian plant, sacha inchi or Plukenetia huayllabambana. Maybe extinction will soon beckon.
- Rewarding Kenyan dairy farmers for reducing harmful (bovine) emissions with no direct payments.
- “Eat millet and steer clear of disease” is the cry taken up by women in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
- AoB blogger drinks deep of fermentative biodiversity.
- And if you happen to be in Hawaii on 2 March, and are a fan of breadfruit and coconut, don’t miss The Second Annual Puna ‘Ulu Festival—‘Ulu a me Niu.