- Oils unpacked.
- Indian mango aficionado grafts 300 varieties on a single tree.
- Agro-tourism parks a great hit in Maharashtra.
Nibbles: Biofuels, Prices, Biofuels again, Wolf, Mushrooms
- Wanna laff? Ag Leaders Challenge Ethanol Myths.
- Whisper it; the market works. Rice futures tumble, again.
- “Some biofuels might do more harm than good to the environment, study finds”. Alert the media! Oh, they already did.
- “Graphing Jane Austen” approach suggests wolf taught man to hunt. Little Red Riding Hood unavailable for comment.
- India’s Mushroom City.
Nibbles: Potato, Myanmar, Coffee, Vetch, Rotations
- Spud War-of-words hots up.
- Meanwhile, in the real world, Irrawaddy delta farmers head back to their seawater-covered fields. Thank goodness for all those salinity-tolerant rice varieties, eh?
- Partake of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
- Hairy boffin breeds hairy vetch.
- Complex rotations better for yields. Diversity is good in time as well as space!
Breakfast Nibbles: Blueberries, Tomatoes, Coffee, Assorted seeds, African potato, Branding, Mobiles, Food, Myanmar
- Remember to eat blueberries to remember.
- Darwin’s tomatoes? The genetic change identified.
- Wild coffee conservation. Danny says wild coffee genes assessed at between 0.4 and 1.5 billion US$. Joe not available for comment.
- “But if you don’t grow your seed, you lose your power.”
- Amadumbe being sold to supermarkets in South Africa. Great. But someone please tell me: what the heck is it?
- More coffee? More for coffee!
- “Sometimes our expert is stumped.”
- Mark Bittman makes the case for vegetarianism (and much more) on TED video. Money quote: “It’s not the beta-catotene, it’s the plant.”
- FAO maps Myanmar agriculture.
Nibbles: Transport, Sustainability, Breeding, Fruits
- Transport infrastructure needs diversity too.
- The cases against organics and for GMOs. Deal with it.
- [T]he flower looks like an anemic canary spit out by a cat. Deal with it.
- The mapood is becoming rare in Thailand. Deal with it.