Nibbles

Nibbles: ICUC as was, Rice in Africa, Gardens, Botanical news, Durian, Fish and climate change, Nutrition in India video, Viruses in sweet potatoes, CBD, Wild tomatoes, Forst-tolerant apricots

Change at the helm at Crops for the Future. Best wishes to all concerned.
African Rice Congress wraps up. Successfully, no doubt.
Tell you Sacred Garden story. Go on then…
Nigel Chaffey rounds up botanical news. The best of the kind, for my money.
The art of eating durian.
Bye, and thanks for the fish.
DFID on undernutrition in India. Very short on specifics. Where’s the varied diets stuff?
Gotta virus clean those heirloom sweet potatoes.
Latest from CBD ABS negotiations in Cali. Anybody there want to give us the scoop?
Endemic wild tomato relatives from Atacama Desert… I dunno…investigated I guess.
Russian boffin grows apricots in Siberia.

Better sheep through information. From Australia, natch. Thanks, Dirk.
New Farming Matters out. When did this ILEIA magazine change its name? Remains essential reading anyway.
Some participants voice their expectations of the African Rice Congress.
A traditional Malawi meal.
Whole grain recipes.

Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities. Quite a mouthful…
Podcast: A Snapshot of Chinese Agriculture with Mike Mulvaney. Mouthwatering.
“…how can agricultural landscapes produce more with less impact?” The BBC tells us.
Florida’s citrus in trouble. Genomics to the rescue?

Software will ease seed availability. No, really.
Enforcement of organic regulations sometimes flawed. No really.
Absinthism a myth. No, really.
Potato film hits big time. No, really.
“Influential” bulls sequenced. No, really.
Tree diseases distribution will change under climate change. No, really?
Boffins in drive to double rice production in Africa. No, really.
Boffins and lawyers meet to sort out biodiversity access and benefit sharing thing. No, really. And, incidentally, what could possibly go wrong?
H5N1 committee wonders whether they have sampled enough. No, really.

Saving Dhofar’s frankincense tree. Evocative things they are too.
The rich may have trouble getting into heaven, but they manage more agrobiodiversity. At least of rice. At least in Nepal.
Gotta be careful with niche modeling in mountain areas. Well, duh.
New Pacific food leaflets from SPC.
Ok, how weird is it that I have a personal connection of sorts to all of the above? Probably not much.
Ex situ not enough for wild rice. Say it ain’t so!
The evolution of coffee.
“If the rains do not fall we may face problems with certain crops.” Right.
Network on natural fibres proposed by Industree Craft Foundation and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Sounds like fun.
Screening lactic acid strains for sorghum beer making. Well, kinda. Somebody please fund this vital research!