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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010

Nibbles: Greenhouse gases, Fellowship

  • How to farm for greenhouse gas credits. There’s an online calculator (for the US)!
  • Bioversity calls for applicants for the Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships 2011.
Posted on August 8, 2010August 8, 2010

Nibbles: Deregulation, Grapes, Bananas

  • As with beer, so with beef. Gary argues for deregulation.
  • Bring grapevines back to England, as ornamentals for the time being.
  • Bacteria boost banana productivity.
Posted on August 7, 2010August 7, 2010

Nibbles: More khat, Rice

  • The Leaf of Allah.
  • Japan invests US$6 million in rice research in Uganda.
Posted on August 6, 2010August 6, 2010

Nibbles: GM canola, Maize, Conference, Chefs, Prices

  • GM canola goes wild, Jeremy is not surprised
  • More — much more — on maize cultivation in Chaco Canyon.
  • Conference in London on Securing Future Food. Agrobiodiversity should be present.
  • Chefs embrace agrobiodiversity — in Maine.
  • Price spikes: climate change or knee-jerk policies? (Both?)
Posted on August 5, 2010August 5, 2010

Nibbles: FARA, Khat, Pepsi in Peru

  • Another blog about FARA’s 2010 meeting, this post features our friend Ehsan Dulloo. (Where’s an aggregator when you need one?)
  • Mikrokhan masticates the khat economy. Would it really not grow locally?
  • PepsiCo invests USD3 million over 3 years in Peruvian potatoes. Why not use CIP?

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Agrobiodiversity inspires tourism in the Andes of Peru.
    2. South African fruit exporters does its (small) bit for heirloom apple conservation.
    3. Wild tea doing just fine in the Shunhuangshan National Nature Reserve in Hunan Province, China. Even when harvested by local communities. Looks great for tourism too.
    4. Native communities in Nebraska getting some support for saving and exchanging seeds.
    5. Women are in charge of chiles in Tamil Nadu.
    6. Popular Science does genebanks. At least one genebank has tourism potential, I’d say.
    7. Want to support forest landscape restoration through native tree planting in Kenya? Go to MyFarmTrees, and help keep Kenya a tourism hotspot.

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