Nibbles: Zimbabwe breeder, Indian genebank, Zambian genebank, Chinese genebank, Pakistan & Uzbekistan, Manchester planting

  1. Sorghum and millet breeder honoured in Zimbabwe. Always good to see.
  2. Germplasm evaluation efforts of Indian national genebank make it into the mainstream financial press. Also very good to see.
  3. Zambian national genebank does some much-needed safety duplication. More good news.
  4. Possibly good news, hard to say: Russian news agency on what seems to be a new wild rice genebank in China.
  5. Always good news to see two countries agree to collaborate on genetic resources.
  6. Manchester viaduct gets a greenlift. Good to see it, despite no genebanks being involved.

Nibbles: Orphan crops, False banana, Kava, Old corn, Food museum, Yoghurt, Neolithic, Wheat breeding, Trees, Old clove, Monoculture history

  1. IFAD paean to neglected crops.
  2. BBC tribute to enset.
  3. Threnody to unsustainable kava.
  4. Hymn to a pot of ancient maize.
  5. Toast to a new museum of food in the UK.
  6. Jeremy’s duet with June Hersh on yoghurt.
  7. Scientific American epic on the European Neolithic.
  8. Rhapsody on saving wheat from climate change.
  9. Collection of important tree species from ICRAF.
  10. Panegyric to a clove tree.
  11. A eulogy for monoculture?