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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on February 25, 2008February 26, 2008

Nibbles: golden rice, nutrition, organics, feral livestock

  • Pro golden rice PDF, via Eldis.
  • How to devise food-based dietary guidelines.
  • Is organic any better for you?
  • They shoot wild burros, don’t they?
Posted on February 24, 2008February 25, 2008

Nibbles: Genebanks, organic, fair, chocolate

  • American farming family gets tour of organic research farm and genebank in India, is impressed.
  • The International Agricultural Show is on, just outside Paris. Pres. Sarkozy available for comment.
  • A rapid run-through the history of chocolate, courtesy of Smithsonian.
Posted on February 22, 2008February 22, 2008

Nibbles: Carnival, Boars

  • Tangled Bank #99; apologies for the late link.
  • Participatory approach to wild boar problem — in Brighton, England!
Posted on February 20, 2008February 24, 2008

Nibbles: Honey, seeds, bioprospecting, chocolate

  • Haagen Dazs understands. No bees = no honey and no fruit.
  • Over-excited about seeds. Jeremy comments, “It’s that time of the year”.
  • South Korea bioprospecting in Costa Rica.
  • A round-up of recent (bad) news on the chocolate front.
  • Namibia: no country for vegetarians.
Posted on February 18, 2008February 19, 2008

Nibbles: Japan, BBC TV, sauce, basmati, banana

  • Indoor farms in Tokyo, growing a diversity of non-pot crops, to train yoof. Via.
  • BBC News web site picks up on BBC World TV documentary on neglected species.
  • The geography of sauce in South Carolina.
  • India and Pakistan find something to agree on: basmati rice.
  • Have we already mentioned this new book on bananas?

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Kurdistan inaugurates a new genebank in Sulaymaniyah, which Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani calls one of Kurdistan and Iraq’s most important national projects.
    2. Ghana complements its national collection at Bunso. The new facility further north will improve drying, processing and conservation, while giving northern farmers and breeders closer access to crop diversity.
    3. Three decades of African bean research partnerships and networking have helped turn a staple crop into a vehicle for improved nutrition, livelihoods and climate resilience.
    4. In the Philippines, eight promising purple-yam accessions combine yield, sensory quality and market appeal, with Villasis 2 producing up to 60 tonnes per hectare in trials. Does it need a network next?
    5. However, executive director of Seed Savers Exchange Mike Bollinger’s call in Food Tank’s to carry seed diversity forward extends stewardship beyond formal institutions: Indigenous communities, farmers, gardeners and seed libraries all have a role in keeping crop diversity alive and used.

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