Nibbles – Page 487 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

May 27, 2007May 27, 2007

New natural anti-oxidant source

The seed extract of the South American SapindaceaeÂ berry guarana (Paullinia cupana) has been found to have high levels of anti-oxidant activity.

May 27, 2007May 27, 2007

Another deadly disease

Tomato leaf curl virus has appeared in California, threatening the entire US tomato crop.

May 27, 2007May 27, 2007

Farmers Celebrate Biodiversity Day

Farmers Celebrate Biodiversity Day in Ireland …

May 27, 2007May 27, 2007

CABI e-Zine

CABI has a new e-Zine. And in the first issue, how farmers in Sri Lanka are using the internets to grow better crops.

1. China announces a slew of seed-related measures.
2. A slew of seeds kept apples diverse in the US South, but not so much any more.
3. Fortunately there’s a slew of apples, among many other things, in the USDA genebank system.
4. Dates too, probably, but this article is actually about the (complementary?) collection at Arizona State University.
5. A slew of intellectual protections has been good for seed companies. But consumers?
6. IFG no doubts benefits mightily from intellectual property protection of its grape varieties. The diversity of which you can peruse on this nice website.
7. Speaking of nice websites, this one helps farmers pick-a-mix of crops. Intercropping is diversity too.
8. How the coffee industry is trying to cope with a slew of sustainability rules. Yeah, sometimes IP protection is not enough.
9. But who owns heritage varieties?
10. Including heritage varieties of Belgian malting barley and other cereals.
11. Speaking of malting, they use sorghum in Tanzania.
12. It’s unclear what heritage varieties went into making horse-bread, but I’d like to taste the stuff.
13. But who needs bread (or beer?) anyway? There’s a slew of root and tuber crops in Africa and elsewhere just waiting to solve hunger…
14. …as Guyana knows well.
15. Wanna keep track of (most of) the above? FAO has you (sorta) covered via a slew of indicators.
Published on September 26, 2023