Nibbles – Page 435 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

January 16, 2008

Feeding livestock

New Agriculturist focuses on livestock feed and fodder systems.

January 14, 2008

Raipur rice research institute demanded

Chhattisgarh has a lot of rice diversity, so deserves its own rice institute. Wait, deserves?

January 14, 2008

Height record broken

Jack and the Amaranthus stalk.

January 11, 2008

New book on bananas

Banana book sees light of day-o; Harry Belafonte unavailable for comment.

January 9, 2008January 9, 2008

Malawi’s windmill entrepreneur

Blow me. From the Lubin Files, a feel(very)good story of the Malawian who built a windmill.

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.
Published on August 27, 2026