Nibbles – Page 450 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

October 26, 2007

Hottest chili pepper in the world

Bhut Jolokia is a hottie.

October 26, 2007

Agrobiodiversity trade route could attract tourists

Travel the Frankincense Route. Three Wise Men unavailable for comment.

October 26, 2007October 25, 2007

Pumpkins are good for you

Happy (and nutritious) Halloween!

October 26, 2007October 26, 2007

Sarawak boosts planting of red rice

Sarawak plants more red rice: NestlÃ© comments “we will add value”.

October 25, 2007

Natural history collection seeks contributions

Boffins keen to get hands on pubic lice. Everybody unavailable for comment.

1. Festivals, rituals and seed-saving go hand in hand, as this photo essay on Koraput’s Adivasis shows for World Indigenous Peoples Day.
2. Speaking of unlikely alliances, Israeli and Palestinian researchers have teamed up on wheat that can take the heat in a warming, drying Middle East.
3. Not to be outdone in the resilience stakes, the cowpea shrugs off both drought and flooding, according to FAO.
4. If all this talk of resilient crops has you inspired, here’s a how-to on starting your own community seed bank, in South Africa or anywhere else for that matter.
5. And for when preservation is really about nostalgia: Romania’s Buzau genebank is keeping childhood mint flavours alive, chocolate, clove and vanilla notes included.
Published on August 13, 2026