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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on July 6, 2021July 6, 2021

Nibbles: Olive plague, Soil biodiversity, Bamboo & rattan

  1. Xylella has an insta. Check out also XF-actors.
  2. How did I miss the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative website? Even has the biodiversity soil atlas on there. They’re on Twitter too, of course, as is their director, Dr Monica Farfan.
  3. Latest Bambu & Rattan Update from INBAR. Check out in particular Prof. Terry Sunderland on African rattan.
Posted on June 30, 2021July 1, 2021

Nibbles: Dog domestication, Rice heirlooms, Jungle cities

  1. Dogs as Swiss army knives.
  2. Heritage rice in Bengal and Assam.
  3. The low-density, agrarian approach to ancient urbanism in the humid tropics.
  4. An example of the above from Tikal.
Posted on June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Nibbles: Early ag, Iberian aurochs, MusaNet, Disney tomatoes

  1. How people used cereals before agriculture in the Fertile Crescent (roughly speaking).
  2. Fast forward two thousand years and meet Elba, the shepherdess of Courel. And some aurochs.
  3. Nine thousand years later, MusaNet revamps its website…
  4. …and coconut revamps its conservation strategy.
  5. And finally, here are some post-agricultural tomatoes.
Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Nibbles: Harvest time, Wheat evaluation, Olive diversity, Maize museum, MAKEathon, Community seed banks

  1. Why bulls and cereals go together.
  2. Finding out which old wheats go together with good bread.
  3. How in situ and ex situ conservation can come together for olives in Catalonia.
  4. 60 maize landraces come together in a cool display.
  5. Coming together for African yam bean, starting on 7 July.
  6. How national genebanks and community seed banks can come together.
Posted on June 22, 2021June 21, 2021

Nibbles: Legume breeding, Hemp cultivation, Soybean breeding, Acacia taxonomy

  1. Freeing legumes in Africa.
  2. Hemp used to be much more free in Italy.
  3. The unfree history of soybeans in the US.
  4. Taxonomists are not free to rename acacias at will.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. A little more safety for Ukraine’s seeds, thanks to a new genebank.
    2. A little more safety for Mexico’s native maize, thanks to Pres. Sheinbaum.
    3. A little more safety for Andean agriculture, thanks to Ecuadorian Indigenous women and Inside Mater in Peru.
    4. A little more safety for Ischia’s zampognaro bean and Amalfi’s lemons, thanks to local people (and GIAHS).
    5. A little more safety for Pacific crops, thanks to cryopreservation. Breadfruit next?
    6. A little more safety for moringa? At least in Africa with all its “opportunity crops”?

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