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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

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?
Posted on August 4, 2010August 4, 2010

Nibbles: Iron beans, Tomatoes, Fruit, Africa college

  • Learn about iron beans from a HarvestPlus video, maybe.
  • Learn about the tomato in Ghana, more than you might need to know if you read all the reports.
  • Learn how Andy Jarvis spoke truth to ex-power, about fruit data gathering project prospects.
  • Learn how the Africa College, based at Leeds University in the UK, is working on a range of agricultural problems.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Ancient farmers didn’t have to wait for the genetic diversity that made domestication possible. They selected from variation already present in wild plants, including the ancestors of rice and maize. Domestication was as much about spotting (or happening upon) useful differences as creating new ones.
    2. English colonists in America called Indigenous dogs “wolves,” revealing as much about colonial perceptions as about the animals themselves. This history of Indigenous dogs shows how unfamiliar animals were classified through peculiarly European ideas about wildness.
    3. Austria is bringing forgotten apple varieties back to life. Saving old varieties in genebanks is one thing: getting people to grow, sell and eat them is another, but it can be done. Or at least tried.
    4. Jordan’s olive-oil heritage centres on traditional varieties such as Nabali and ancient Rumi trees, but most production is consumed locally, leaving exports limited and making provenance, cultivar and harvest date important indicators for buyers. Compare and contrast with Austrian apples.
    5. Small island developing states have distinctive food cultures and ingredients, but face particular challenges in building sustainable and resilient food systems. FAO’s A Taste of SIDS explores the connections between island food, biodiversity and culinary heritage. Nice to see diversity within crops considered, though a few local variety names would have been nice.

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