Nibbles – Page 489 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

Armenian apricots

The Ministry of Agriculture in Yeravan is organizing an internationalÂ conference on the Armenian apricot.

June 13, 2007June 13, 2007

Viet Nam discusses forest products

Brief report on the first day of a conference on non-timber forest products in Viet Nam.

African biotech

SciDevNet’s roundup of agri-biotech in Africa is online.

June 12, 2007June 12, 2007

Vanishing bees

A long and thorough piece on bee colony collapse disorder in the LA Times. “This does imply there is something biological.”

Gone fishing

Fish are agricultural biodiversity too!

1. The history of maize — according to Pioneer.
2. The importance of maize — according to Dr Mujuni Sospeter Kabululu, Curator, National Plant Genetic Resources Centre—Tanzania.
3. The future of vegetables — according to WorldVeg.
4. The future of pigeonpea — according to ICRISAT.
5. How should we value nature in our food systems? By true cost accounting — according to TABLE.
6. A good way to value nature in our food systems is through recognizing Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems — according to FAO.
7. How strong was ancient Egyptian beer? Not very — according to ethnoarcheobotanists. But it’s still worth trying to reproduce it — according to me. Seneb!
Published on June 11, 2025