Nibbles – Page 494 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

June 21, 2007June 21, 2007

Another microlivestock resource

More on microlivestock, from what looks a fascinating site.

Chicken maps

Global chicken density maps, courtesy of ILRI, my hosts for this week.

June 21, 2007June 21, 2007

What colour is your pollen?

What colour is your pollen? Mustard Plaster tells all.

June 19, 2007June 19, 2007

Chilean salmon farming

WWF recommends how salmon farming and beautiful Chilean lakes can co-exist.

June 18, 2007June 18, 2007

In praise of older fruit

Muck and Mystery would have us believe that glossy supermarket fruit is “poverty food”. And he’s right.

1. Haga Hideo’s 1950s photos of Fukushima farming rituals are now being used to revive them: ex situ conservation, but for culture.
2. Long before photography, or “pre‑breeding” was a buzzword, Belgian pomologist Jean‑Baptiste Van Mons was running massive pear selection trials and gifting us Beurré Bosc and Doyenné Boussock.
3. As Southern Africa’s miombo woodlands shrinks, scientists are cloning wild trees so the fruit — and food security — outlive the forest. Now for the pre-breeding.
4. Greenpeace Africa’s Seed Project makes the case for indigenous seeds as a route to farmer independence. And you can help.
5. And oh so coincidentally, a network of community seed banks in Kenya is rescuing indigenous seeds so the diversity is still around when opportunity (or crisis) knocks.
6. Also in Kenya, the national genebank’s collectors are racing to secure opportunity crops.
7. Nepal’s indigenous crops and landraces are at the same time more needed than ever, and under threat. So, much like in Kenya.
8. The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT says women are at the center of sustainable food systems; the fine print adds: “as they have always been.”
Published on September 30, 2026