Nibbles: Breadfruit, Cryo, Svalbard poem, Mustard, Ancient diets, Hopi seeds, Aztec houses, Invasives

Your regular reminder that breadfruit could be used a lot more. Your regular reminder that cryo could be used a lot more in conservation. Your regular reminder that Indigenous knowledge could be used a lot more. Your regular reminder that the Svalbard Global Seed Vault could be used a lot more. Your regular reminder that …

Nibbles: Zoos, China genebank, Trinidad genebank, Patagonia & Breadfruit Institute, Dichotomising food, African food, Twitty on rice

Seed banks, but for animals. New genebank, for seeds, in China. Old genebank, for seeds, in Trinidad & Tobago. Food company collaborates with oldish genebank, of trees. Industrialist or organicist, we’re still going to need genebanks. Podcasting on African food. Not a genebank in sight. How an African food became an American food.

Nibbles: International genebanks, Ahmed Amri, Genebank management, Nutrition stories, Spice nomenclature, Breeding against waste, Cuneiform tablets, Breadfruit, Ag risk, Giant pineapple, Chiles in Mexico, Solanum jamesii, Seed Week, Kenyan community seedbank, Lost apples

The CGIAR genebanks in the limelight. My friend Ahmed Amri is a big reason for the success of the above. The dual role of genebank managers like Ahmed. Feel-good nutrition stories needed. Rosemary gets a name change. Not many people hurt. Fighting food waste through breeding. Babylonian cooking deciphered. Breadfruit (and Diane Ragone) on TV. …

Nibbles: Jeanne Baret, Vigna, Musa, Indicators, Livestock, Oranges & lemons, Breadfruit, Seed warrior

The story of the bougainvillea has a bit of everything. The story of the cowpea as told by its DNA. The banana has a really complicated story. Untangling the story of nutrition indicators. Telling the story of why livestock is important. The deep story of citrus. Another chapter in the story of breadfruit in Jamaica. …

Brainfood: Rationalizing acquisition, Empowering women, Breadfruit domestication, Rice hybrid sterility, Long-distance crop dispersal, Diversification, African leafy greens, GIAH, Silkworm cryo, Bean in situ

Molecular markers as a tool for germplasm acquisition to enhance the genetic diversity of a Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus syn. Pennisetum purpureum) collection. Win-win for the ILRI and Embrapa genebanks. Women’s empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya. 1% increase in women’s empowerment led to a 6-16% …