Nibbles – Page 450 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

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.

October 25, 2007October 25, 2007

New pecan variety released

New pecan on the block.

October 24, 2007October 24, 2007

Turks discuss organic farming

A report from the 1st Organic Farming Congress at BahÃ§eÅŸehir University in Turkey.

October 23, 2007

A cartoon about blogging

Mega meta: Luigi and Jeremy unavailable for comment.

1. A North Macedonian professor’s 15-year rescue mission for landraces and crops surviving only in remote villages. Why bother? Stay tuned…
2. Ancient grapevines in Tigray represent a unique genetic lineage with potential value for breeding varieties adapted to dryland conditions.
3. Hawai’i Public Radio checks in on Maui’s coconut genebank. Useful to breed varieties adapted to really wet conditions, presumably.
4. The Cayman Islands are also hoarding coconuts, along with lots of tasty fruits.
5. A USD 400,000 boost from Taiwan for the Eswatini national genebank. Indigenous vegetables get much-needed love.
6. A regional survey of 25 orphan crops across 13 Latin American countries finds quinoa and amaranth well-catalogued, but characterization budgets are the real bottleneck. Collecting and conserving in genebanks is great, but not enough.
7. South Korea puts 330,000 seed accessions under “double lock”, hedging against both climate change and war. Conserving in one place is not enough.
8. FAO warns that nearly a third of the world can’t afford the USD 4.28 a day that a healthy diet costs — nearly three billion people, and rising. That’s why we need al the above, I guess.
Published on July 28, 2026