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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on January 7, 2008January 7, 2008

Engineered sorghum more nutritious

Pioneer Hi-Bred engineers more nutritious sorghum: Africa unavailable for comment.

Posted on January 5, 2008January 5, 2008

Most beehives in a single tree

Bee tree boasts 575 hives, seeks World Heritage Site status.

Posted on December 19, 2007

Defining basmati

So what is basmati anyway? Indian boffins all too available for comment.

Posted on December 18, 2007

Hamming it up

Jamon iberico finally gets a visa.

Posted on December 18, 2007December 18, 2007

Genetic Resources Action International examines A Green Revolution for Africa

GRAIN briefs the world on AGRA; Kofi talking to Bill.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. King Charles III talks about seeds with Dr Elinor Breman of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank and…
    2. …Cate Blanchett.
    3. Or read about it in The Economist.
    4. Or watch a nice video.
    5. The seed banks of the National Plant Germplasm System in the USA are for farmers, not just researchers.
    6. How to get stuff out of the NPGS.
    7. Laurajean Lewis: from an NPGS genebank to CIMMYT’s.
    8. I’m sure she and Chris Mujjabi will get to know each other soon.
    9. Diane Ragone: Not all genebanks are seed banks.
    10. Not a lot of breadfruits in Belgium but, surprisingly, lots of bananas.

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