Ornamental banana pix
You may remember a little Brainfood item about the Brazilian collection of ornamental bananas. Ok, now thanks to ProMusa you can see some of these cool plants.
From little acorns (and other tree seeds) mighty oaks (and other trees) grow
Astute followers of the Commenters to our blog will know that James Nguma, an enterprising Kenyan, is looking for scientific names for some trees his group is interested in. ((And doubtless Luigi’s clan is already at work on that.)) James’ comment comes at an opportune moment. Scidev.net summarizes an article by researchers at the World …
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Gender inequity in agroforestry seed supply
You may remember that in last this week’s Brainfood we linked to a paper which looked at agroforestry input supply systems, and recommended a commercial, decentralized model for getting high quality tree seeds to smallholders. Now I’ve come across “Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation.” The bottom line — not surprisingly, …
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Nibbles: Aberdeen, Sahelian agroforestry, Seed companies, Haiti seed donation, Seaweed, Taste, Books, Logging, Cheese boycott
100 years of agricultural research in Idaho. Includes genebank since 1988. A Great Green Wall to go with Africa’s Green Revolution. Selling seed from the back of a car. Jacob unavailable for comment. Latest on that Haitian seed story. Seaweed farming in Zanzibar. Nice gig if you can get it. Taste is a complicated thing. …
Nibbles: Andean potatoes, Nepal, Geraniol, Agroforestry
Papas got a brand new bag — starring alongside Paul McCartney. Here’s the English. Duff commercial seeds a disaster for Nepalese farmers. As our friend Bhuwon said, “please do not give up your local varieties and traditional knowledge yet”. How to come up smelling of roses — eat a new kind of confectionary. Combining high …
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