Nibbles

Nibbles: Date palm sex, Heirlooms congress, World Camel Day, Latino livestock, Coconut craft, Hybridizing Alocasia, Sami reindeer, Serbian agri-environments, Honey, Feidherbia

Qataris work out how to sex date palms.
The National Heirloom Exposition revs its engine.
World Camel Day is coming up. No, really.
Latin Americans planning their next congress on the biodiversity of domestic animals. Cuy, anyone?
The Art of Coconut Craft. Wonderfully kitschy.
So, you want to breed Alocasia, do you?
Sweden stops oppressing its main minority.
High Nature Value farming in Serbia.
Non-wood forest products are all very well, but…
Yes, yes, Feidherbia will solve all the problems of the Sahel, now can I go back to sleep?

Kew video asks: Why does plant diversity matter? Not to feed people, obviously.
An entire blog dedicated to the Origin of the Domestic Fowl! Wonder where he stands on the chickens of Chile?
Benefits of beer sorghum in eastern Kenya.
Traditional agriculture protects amphibians in Romania shock.
Seeds for a sustainable future. Conference organized by European Greens for 31 May. Not much notice, I know.
And another one, on geographical indications, in June.
How to develop a genetic conservation strategy to safeguard an endangered tree species. Learning module from Bioversity International.

A look inside the big USDA genebank at Fort Collins. Whatever next?
Sweet wheat. Whatever next?
Farmers must participate in agricultural research in Europe. Whatever next?
“Come and farm our virgin lands, Ethiopia tells India.” Whatever.
“You may already know that yampah (Perideridia gairdneri) is a North American umbellifer.” Er, no. Tell me more.
After cloves, vegetables? Zanzibar’s farmers increase productivity.
More news for Luigi’s MIL: Future Climate Scenarios for Kenya’s Tea Growing Areas.
Is this the end of trail mix?
Body Shop uses wins award for using Cameroonian rainforest honey and wax from CIFOR-supported beekeeping project.
Fancy a glass of ass’s milk? Totally SFW.
Everybody is climate-proofing crops.
The BBC looks at medicinal plants.

The CGIAR spatial crowd get it together? Not holding my breath.
So tell me about that biodiversity-poverty link. Well, more research is, ahem, needed. Wet, for want of a better word.
All the different kinds of “spots” for livestock diseases. How did they cope with the poor data? And have the various hotspots and coldspots been considered in drawing up the new research priorities for livestock?
UNDP stumps up $4 million to plan biodiversity management in Romania. Including agrobiodiversity? Not holding my breath.
A socio-economic impact analysis of cultural diversity in cities does not consider agriculture at all. There’s a PhD there for someone.
IUCN’s plans for the Iraqi marshes. Thesiger unavailable for comment.
If it can be done with amphibians, why the hell can’t it be done with agricultural biodiversity?
Biojoy swamps Bioversity as Biohappiness book is launched.
Yeah but was there any of this? And if not, why not? Via NWFP-Digest-L.

Ancient Maoris traded kiwi feathers. What’s that you say? Kiwis are not agrobiodiversity? Says who?
Did organized religion come before agriculture? It’s a toss-up, frankly.
Looking for wild spinach. Ah, to be in the field again!
How to use a plant press. With video goodness. Ah, to be in the field again! Ok, settle down now, back to the grind.