Nibbles

Nibbles: Pigeonpea, Agrobiodiversity book, Agroforestry

USC promotes pigeonpeas. And why not.
“Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security: A Critical Review” by J M Lenné and D Wood hits newsstands.
How ICRAF intends to stop agroforestry being marginalized in the new CGIAR. Their words (more or less), not mine.

Cardamom scrutinised.
A Lifeboat to the Gene Pool. Our friend Dr Dag “provides some of the first experimental evidence to support the FIGS concept”. With slides.
Descriptor lists are important, says Bioversity today. No joke.
An investigation, quite possibly partisan, but that’s the point, into emergency seed aid to Haiti after the earthquake.

Gardening is good for you. It’s official. And they didn’t even measure nutrition.
European seed swap in Brussels.
More fun for mappers; Training Kit on Participatory Spatial Information Management and Communication. h/t CAPRi
Australian animal genebank under threat.
Filipinos ♥ IRRI.
Big write up of Seed Treaty‘s recent Governing Body meeting in Bali.
Wired magazine goes nuts for bananas and other fruits as sources of better plastics.
Camelicious! The worlds first large-scale camel dairy farm.
Food strikes in ancient Egypt. They’ve been revolting for more than 3000 years.
Nice round-up of how indigenous communities in Colombia are protecting their food security.