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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on July 3, 2007

Bananas not bags

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

Posted on July 2, 2007

Cassava products in Jamaica

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

Posted on July 1, 2007July 1, 2007

Mangoes bring peace

Giving mangoes as gifts is part of traditional reconciliation in Pakistan. Which varieties work best, I wonder?

Posted on July 1, 2007July 1, 2007

Tea in Taiwan

Bamboo charcoal oolong tea? I wanna try it.

Posted on July 1, 2007July 1, 2007

MegaFishes Project

National Geographic has project to save world’s biggest freshwater fishes.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault gets the Princesa de Asturias Prize for international cooperation. Time to celebrate.
    2. Celebrating Pamela Ronald and scuba rice.
    3. Celebrating Ohsoon Yun and the geography of coffee.
    4. I’ll certainly celebrate if the approach of the NATURE-FIRST project can be applied to loss of agricultural biodiversity one day.
    5. The World Bank is in a celebratory mood with regards to geospatial and Earth observation data. I’ll join them when they fund a NATURE-FIRST for crop diversity.

    Published on May 21, 2026

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