Nibbles

Nibbles: AnGR, Fruit trees, IBC18, Tree pollination, Solomon Islands and climate change, Octopus diversity, Seed saving

Livestock diversity in the hands of FAO. No comment.
Let them eat fruit!
AoB breaks down International Botanical Congress 18 for us.
Species-poor tree plantations could be good for conservation of rare tree found in remnant forest patches in Chile because they encourage pollinators to move on. Agriculture, on other hand, is bad because it lures generalist pollinators into staying. Nature, don’t you just love it?
Climate-proofing the Solomon Islands to include “the isolation of crop species tolerant of high salinity, high rainfall, and drought.” Strewth.
Marine diversity. (Only kidding.)
Good advice on home seed saving from Suzanne Ashworth. She wrote the (a?) book.

Three days down, one to go in Rome.
Indian hybrid chickens set to take over Uganda.
Latest from CGIAR restructuring: the 6 research programmes agreed thus far. So how you like our latest toy?
60-tonne God of Rain unearthed; drought continues.
Mozambique Raises Production of Staple Foods by 22% a Year. Amazing. How? And for how long?

Cattle do the wild thing in Vietnam.
West African Ruminant Livestock: The Movie.
An interesting new botanical blog on me.
Who says working in a genebank is unrewarding? Technician is honoured with award, and that is not an oca she’s fondling?
Back40 dissects the trouble with agriculture; it isn’t dignified. Well, it is, but …
Forests are really, really good for economies.
Andy Jarvis pulls it all together: looking forward to a climatically less diverse world.

Sturgeon being farmed in Vietnam. What could possibly go wrong?
Ghanaians eating all their greens to fight malnutrition.
ICRAF goes to town on fruit trees. Well, I call that a pretty balanced and nutritious meal so far.