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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

    • China is building its germplasm collection at the National Frigid Zone Crop and Soybean Germplasm Resources Mid-term Bank in Harbin. Cool.
    • Driscoll’s helped build China’s blueberry industry, then discovered that knowledge, infrastructure and genetics have a habit of escaping. Not so cool.
    • Meanwhile, the Philippines wants its rice collection to hit 21,000 varieties by the end of the year. IRRI unavailable for comment.
    • Italy is establishing a major global olive genebank. Unclear where it fits in with other major global olive genebanks, but some redundancy is good.
    • FAO showcases Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, where crops, landscapes and traditional knowledge have survived together. Like olives in Italy, I guess.
    • The mangelwurzel is making a comeback, because apparently forgotten root vegetables just need better publicity, and not a fancy GIAHS.
    • Ohio growers are trying to save the pawpaw just as Americans are discovering it, partly because of better publicity.
    • BeanGPT is bringing AI to breeding and farming beans. Maybe it can help the mangelwurzel and pawpaw too?

    Published on September 23, 2026

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