Nibbles

Nibbles: Sweet potato value adding, Coffee and tree diversity, Spice and girls

Sweet potato yoghurt? Yeah, ok, why not.
Decreasing coffee production in Kenya can reduce tree abundance and richness on farm, but increasing production will lead to more trees but not necessarily more diversity. No, I don’t get it either, but have a look at the data yourself and try to figure it out. There’s plenty of it in this presentation.
Love of hot peppers as benign masochism. Myself I think it’s a sexual selection cue.

Special Journal issue on Environmental changes and pre-Columbian human influence in the Amazon region.
Porn on the cob. A smut story with a headline so good, I’m sure to steal it.
A practical field manual cum guide to Improving nutrition with agricultural biodiversity.
Ag researchers “speak with a single voice” to “call on climate negotiators to endorse a work programme for agriculture”. We shall see.
And will it come in time to Save the Walnut?
New book on “Custodians of Biodiversity“.
Brussels Briefing on Food Price Volatility. Today! Soon!
China hears how Kenyan farmers can benefit from traditional vegetables.
“Are plants like us?” It depends …
A minor increase in biodiversity protects peaches from nematode pests.
Climate change in the Pacific: The problem, according to the Aussies. The solution, according to the ADB.

Push-pull pulls in prize.
Which is more than can be said for the Millennium Villages Project. I wish someone would occupy them.
You can have too much good breeding. If you’re a horse.
Nice aerial pics of rice cultivation. And a sort of information service on that cereal called Rice 2.0, which unaccountably lacks an RSS feed.
WorldFish invites entrepreneurs to get together and discuss investing in aquaculture. Here’s hoping diversity won’t be left in the dust.

Taiwan should establish a national seed bank. It says here. But will it be a genebank?
Agroforestry in the USA and in the ancient Maya lands.