Nibbles – Page 479 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

July 5, 2007July 5, 2007

Arecanut troubles

Indian betel nut farmers beaten down.

July 4, 2007July 4, 2007

Gone fishing

Rwandan farmers diversify into fish. Again.

July 4, 2007November 24, 2008

Up a gum tree

Eucalypts decoded and hybridized.

Bananas not bags

A new use for banana leaves: to replace banned plastic bags in Uganda.

Cassava products in Jamaica

Bammy – fried cassava bread – industry gets boost in Jamaica.

1. Times of India says “India needs a new doomsday seed vault.” Why not just use the one already there in Svalbard?
2. Meanwhile, women in the Sundarban are doing it for themselves.
3. Maybe it’s community doomsday seed vaults that India needs?
4. Fiji’s cassava is facing a doomsday of its own.
5. Georgia — the country — is working on a documentary on crop diversity which will no doubt include their seed deposit in Svalbard.
6. Kenya has a pretty good community genebanks video of its own.
7. Nigeria is all over crop diversity. Not just once, but twice.
8. Coffee prices going up? Can you imagine what will happen if we don’t conserve enough of its diversity?
9. Want more examples of the coolness of crop diversity and its guardians? Slow Food has your back.
10. La Via Campesina needs to encouragement either, where “peasant seeds” and their guardians are concerned.
11. Even the World Economic Forum wants in on the act.
12. And yet the seed sector seems…reluctant?
13. Good job Genesys is getting faster, eh?
Published on June 2, 2025