- 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.
Nibbles: Meet!
- Big important meeting on Agrobiodiversity and the development importance of local varieties and indigenous species is over.
- Big important meeting on new directions for smallholder agriculture starts tomorrow.
Nibbles: Sustainable diets, Prices, Seed Industry,
- Been waiting a while for this. Conservation of plant biodiversity for sustainable diets. PowerPoint as PDF.
- And this. Agricultural Biodiversity Is Essential for a Sustainable Improvement in Food and Nutrition Security. Open-access paper.
- Follow along with the price spikes in food. On-line data.
- South African seed company bought by Pioneer. Speculative.