- What agrobiodiversity lurks in ancient Egyptian perfume? We’ll soon know.
- Problems for aquaculture from Ireland to Vietnam. All the world’s a village.
- The whys and wherefores of camel milk.
Nibbles: Community forestry, Fresh water, Salinity, Seed systems, Acacia, Iron, Cambodia
- Community forestry not making enough money in Namibia. Yeah, but who is?
- Southern African freshwater bodies in trouble. Gotta be some worried rice wild relatives out there.
- Salinity increasing in Bangladesh. That can’t be good.
- Let the people have seeds of local varieties!
- Australian takes acacias to Niger, coals to Newcastle.
- Breeding rice for tolerance to high Fe in West Africa.
- “One of the most abundant sources of fish in Asia, the lake feeds a hungry nation.”
Nibbles: Beer, Alice Walters, Soils, Coconuts
- Cassava beer: what’s not to like?
- A food guru speaks. We listen.
- “By 2020, 30% of the world’s arable land may be salinated.”
- A coconut renaissance in India?
Nibbles: Farmers, Fertilizer, Bangladesh
- Real farmers …
- AGRA et al. seeks ways to make more affordable fertilizer available to Africa.
- Strengthening Community Gardening in Bangladesh, with lots of added ITPGRFA goodness.
Nibbles: Wetlands, Grazing, Animal and diseases, Rose wine
- New wetlands map of China available. Useful for crop wild relatives?
- Sheep and cows do better and are better for you when they graze on diverse pastures.
- Animal Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases Prediction and Prevention at the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Via.
- “…it would be ‘a catastrophe for Provence’s winegrowers if this ruling passes’.”