- AVRDC’s 30th International Vegetable Training Course Vegetables: From Seed to Table and Beyond.
- Cameron Peace’s excellent presentation on genomics and fruit genebanks at the recent PAG symposium organized by NPGS staff Chris Richards (Ft. Collins) and Clare Coyne (Pullman).
- Kew’s latest Samara newsletter does crop wild relatives.
- Exploring the need for specific measures for access and benefit-sharing of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture. Results of a workshop.
Nibbles: Cocoa, Fruit, Leek moth
- Would you pay more for a chocolate bar to speed democratic change?
- Why are Froot Loops cheaper than fruit? President Obama explains.
- Climate change hits Britain’s leek growers.
Nibbles: Indigenous Peoples, Bananas, Ants
- Got something to say to the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples? Call for Sessions.
- “[B]anana variety diversity contributes positively to reducing yield losses caused by biophysical constraints.” IFPRI paper, so you know you can believe it.
- Weaver ants drafted to protect African fruit and nut crops. Again.
Nibbles: Prices; Nutrition, Rice
- Detailed look at food prices and crises.
- “[A] higher intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of IHD [ischaemic heart disease] mortality. Whether this association is causal and, if so, the biological mechanism(s) by which fruits and vegetables operate to lower IHD risks remains unclear.” Who cares how it works.
- Higher rice productivity just “a phone call away,” it says here.
Nibbles: Wheat pests, Coconut
- Oh no. Hessian flies are becoming resistant to hessian fly-resistant wheats.
- Coconuts! An Indian perspective.