Nibbles – Page 289 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

November 17, 2010

Nibbles: Forest management, Sahelian trees, Biofortification blogging

Combining traditional and scientific knowledge on an invasive species to manage forests.
Variation in dryland trees: Balanites and Adansonia.
Roundup of biofortification bloggers.

November 16, 2010November 16, 2010

Nibbles: Ethnobotany, Marketing, Cacao

Not much better today on the nibble front. Jamaican and Chilean medicinal plants.
And an interesting approach to the social marketing of local produce. iFarmers.
Saving chocolate, the high- and low-tech ways.

November 15, 2010November 15, 2010

Nibbles: Grass roots fruit

One pathetic nibble today, but it is tasty: Fruit-full schools in the UK.

November 14, 2010November 14, 2010

Nibbles: Sweden, Nagoya, 100 questions,

Swede objects to relaxed seed laws because it promotes profit, not biodiversty. Huh?
Scidev.net optimistic about Nagoya.
Those 100 questions answered in full for global agriculture, from climate change to consumer choice. We’ll be back on this one.

November 12, 2010November 12, 2010

Nibbles: Advice, Advice, Advice, IR8

Americans advised to eat diversity, by USDA and others. Wot, no fortified staples?
Webcast on Food Systems and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. h/t The Agrobiodiversity Grapevine.
French vegetables disappearing? Je ne le crois pas.
The Scientist Gardener tackles declining yields of miracle rice, but what has he done to his colour scheme?

1. Kurdistan inaugurates a new genebank in Sulaymaniyah, which Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani calls one of Kurdistan and Iraq’s most important national projects.
2. Ghana complements its national collection at Bunso. The new facility further north will improve drying, processing and conservation, while giving northern farmers and breeders closer access to crop diversity.
3. Three decades of African bean research partnerships and networking have helped turn a staple crop into a vehicle for improved nutrition, livelihoods and climate resilience.
4. In the Philippines, eight promising purple-yam accessions combine yield, sensory quality and market appeal, with Villasis 2 producing up to 60 tonnes per hectare in trials. Does it need a network next?
5. However, executive director of Seed Savers Exchange Mike Bollinger’s call in Food Tank’s to carry seed diversity forward extends stewardship beyond formal institutions: Indigenous communities, farmers, gardeners and seed libraries all have a role in keeping crop diversity alive and used.
Published on August 27, 2026