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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on September 22, 2007September 22, 2007

Biofuels bad

Rapeseed biofuel “produces more greenhouse gas than oil or petrol”.

Posted on September 22, 2007September 22, 2007

National fruit of Cambodia

Chicken egg banana. Not diversity, a variety name.

Posted on September 21, 2007September 21, 2007

How domestication happens

Blog commentary on a paper about serendipitous backyard domestication.

Posted on September 21, 2007September 21, 2007

Atomic energy for agriculture

Make food not war: FAO head praises International Atomic Energy Agency.

Posted on September 19, 2007September 19, 2007

Norway to ban pig castration

To snip or not to snip? Norway bans pig castrations, The Economist ponders the ramifications.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Kenyan farmers are rediscovering indigenous crops.
    2. Oman discovers it has lots of mango diversity, and moves to conserve it.
    3. Swedish student discovering varietal mixtures.
    4. Discover how a locally adapted cattle population in Japan became a globally recognized premium brand by maintaining distinctive genetic and breeding characteristics. Lessons there for all of the above perhaps?

    Published on June 30, 2026

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