- Gary Nabhan on the West Bank wall.
- Tilapia not so bad after all?
- Yet another example of crowdsourcing in science.
- Yet another approach to breeding for (mild) drought tolerance.
- Yet another reason why natural history collections are so important.
Nibbles: Fruit-tree fundraiser, Bangladesh seed crisis, Mead, Early farmers, Fruit genebank
- Bioversity promotes a fund-raiser for forgotten fruit trees.
- Seed crisis in Bangladesh. It’s complicated. Really complicated.
- Belatedly, mirthful report on mead.
- “…during the advent of agriculture … early farmers may have at first come together in communal activities, prior to congregating in villages.”
- USDA’s fruit genebank at Corvallis in the news.
Nibbles: Beer in Sudan, Tea and pastoralism in Kenya, Iron in beans, Mediterranean diet
- Sudanese beer-drinkers in trouble. Let my people go!
- The future of tea in Kenya. Mother-in-law alerted.
- Meanwhile, Kenyan pastoralists go back to the future.
- Slideshow: “Combating hidden hunger through bio-fortification.” Beanz meanz ironz.
- May is Mediterranean Diet Month. It is? I mean, who knew?
Nibbles: Nepali wheat, Ugandan coffee, Hybrid rice, Australian peanut, Kenyan fodder grasses
- CIMMYT disseminates wheat varieties in Nepal. Not many people hurt.
- Coffee wilt disease resistant coffee varieties not being disseminated in Uganda. Many people hurt.
- Father of Hybrid Rice asked not to disseminate, er, hybrid rice. Oh I give up.
- New Australian peanut variety ready for dissemination in double-quick time.
- Alternatives to Napier grass all set for dissemination in Kenya.
Nibbles: Genebanks, PNG Forests, Peruvian potatoes, Haitian extension, Mungbeans
- The Santa Barbara Independent does genebanks. You heard me.
- Papua New Guinea suspends Special Agricultural and Business Leases. Maybe they’ll now use the land for special agriculture and business?
- Native Peruvian potato chips prized in Europe (Spanish).
- US opens new centre to train Haitian farmers. Because, y’know, they’ve done such a fine job in the past.
- Australia taps World Vegetable Center for mungbean genes.