- Bioinformatics for Dummies. Not that anyone I know needs it.
- Are there simpler ways to close the yield gaps in developing countries? Indeed, there are, but they’re not very sexy.
- And speaking of low-hanging fruit: How the apple took over the planet.
- Tuber diversity. Miss Hathorn is showing off the progeny of some true potato seed. And by true, I also mean truly potato.
- USDA ARS ♥ CGIAR ♥ USDA ARS
- And Trinidad & Tobago ♥ CFC, ICCO and Bioversity.
- Nigeria pins green revolution hopes on cassava. Is it ever a good idea to pin your hopes on just one thing?
- NERICA’s Striga problem deconstructed.
Nibbles: Bourdeix, Early ag, Amaranthus in beer
- Dr Roland Bourdeix is the new COGENT Coordinator.
- Early American hunter-gatherers ate maize.
- Dogfish Head crowdsources a new beer. And it’s got NUS. Rejoice.
Nibbles: Coffee pix, Afghanistan pix, #GROW, #GORTA
- It’s been coffee week at Old Picture of the Day.
- More pictures. Afghanistan’s silk industry this time.
- It’s been #GROW Week too.
- Jess at Gorta. Follow #gorta for live updates.
Nibbles: Mad treeman, Amazon ag, Conference, Nitrogen
- Profile of Yacouba Sawadogo: “people in his village thought he was mad”. A new metanarrative for our time.
- Pre-Columbian agriculture in the Amazon. Maize, not manioc, rules.
- Less than a week to go until the big CIALCA conference in Kigali, Uganda.
- Soil nitrogen from rocks? Really?
Nibbles: Compost, Breeding, Tree grower, Diseases, Seedsperson, Cordyceps, Illicium verum, Maize size, Microfauna, Participatory research, Art
- Compost can boost yields, save water shock.
- Tom Wagner shows off new tomatoes and potatoes.
- Our pal Neil tells one tree man’s story: Maurice Kwadha: farmer, entrepreneur, and climate-smart.
- The UK has a policy on animal and plant diseases in the 21st century. Doesn’t everyone?
- NPR nips at our heels, with stories on heirloom seeds and that Chinese zombie insect fungus Cordyceps.
- What to do with star anise.
- Size matters; corn ear edition.
- Soil microfauna really diverse everywhere shock.
- How scientists should work with indigenous people (in the Arctic).
- “On the matter of seeds.” Art meets PGR. Danny, this one’s for you.