Policy

Nibbles: Milk-drinking, Diversity and stability, Indian sheep, Development of the African savannah, Teaching rice, Silk, Diverse diet, Huge phallic inflorescences

Der Spiegel does its usual impressive number, this time on the Völkerwanderung. Via.
Diversity and stability in grasslands. Yes, there’s a connection.
Sheep breeds in India deconstructed.
The future of the Guinea savannah. Probably not that great.
IRRI teaches Singaporean cityslickers to grow rice.
Silk beginning to fade where it was born.
The diverse benefits of an agrobiodiverse diet. Should someone tell rich Indians?
Tales of two giant inflorescences. What are the odds?

We now know how to harvest abalone sustainably. Is there anything we cannot do?
Wild yaks get assessed. Wait, there are wild yaks?
“…forests played a central role in the rise of the modern state.” Not as flaky as it sounds.
Andean plants at risk from, well, everything.
Yams in Nigeria, from festivals to in vitro.
London’s elms.
“[L]ike biting into a perfume bottle, but without shards of glass piercing your tongue.” A knobbed russet.
Banana evolution just got more complicated.

Pigeonpea gets the genomics treatment.
Animal genetic resources for the poor: “…one of the highest priority interventions for the smallholder systems is the development of innovative approaches for the strategic use of appropriate genotypes from the available range of global breed resources.”
How good is ecotourism?
Gapminder does per capita food supply.