Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
Oh gosh, I forgot all about this.
You can watch the whole thing on livestream. And of course there’s a hashtag.
Good to see the usually neglected yams getting a proper airing.
Bhattacharjee Ranjana @IITA_CGIAR @RTB_CGIAR is exploring yam genetic diversity and sharing key results for more effective breeding programs #ISTRC2018 pic.twitter.com/pNulUPZ2FE
— Claudio Proietti (@cldprtb) October 23, 2018
You all know about the CGIAR-Crop Trust Genebank Platform, right? It’s what made that recent breakthrough on the funding of the global rice genebank possible. Which you would know if you subscribed to the newsletter. Well, now you can join a Facebook group too, if that’s what floats your boat. And look at nice pix, like the one below.
Want to know about programs involved in plant breeding research, germplasm enhancement and/or variety development in the US? Check out this cool map.
I’m sure it’s pure coincidence, but hot on the heels of CIMMYT launching a new podcast, here comes the Open Source Seed Initiative with Free the Seed! Good to see the mainstream trying to catch up with Jeremy.
And this seems as good a time and place as any to celebrate the 20th birthday of the greatest podcast of them all, In Our Time. My work will only truly be done when Lord Bragg asks some pointy-headed boffin to “please develop that a bit” of some arcane recess of agricultural biodiversity.
I know I Nibbled it yesterday, but this twitter thread on a possible new date for the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii is too good not to highlight a bit more. It all started a few days ago with a newly uncovered graffito.