Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
While irrigation and market improvements could help, it would be reduction of processing time from hours to minutes made possible by mechanical hullers that might achieve most, “allowing women to take advantage of both their preferences for reduced labour loads and for the taste of millets in their everyday diets.” I’ve quoted this before. It …
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A first (of many, we hope) guest post from our friend and colleague Colin Khoury. In the field of conservation of plant genetic resources, it is commonly stated that a very limited number of plant species feed the world. ((Ah, those meta-narratives! Ed.)) A number of publications, especially in the 1970’s and 1980’s, provided different …
A rum story from Haiti. And another, though a different sort of rum. Quinoa and buckwheat best for coeliacs. Video of food crisis in Nepal. In other news, there’s a food crisis in Nepal. Forest fruits need markets too.
Freekeh, the New Quinoa? Mebbe. Meh. Biodiversity loss matters, and communication is crucial. Uh’huh. “We’re all gardeners in some way or another, so we can play a role.” Convention on Biological Diversity gets it? Got konjac? The Toad’s has flowered.
How to do interspecific crosses in Ipomoea. Proprietary blend of amaranth, buckwheat, teff, millet, quinoa, sorghum and cassava flour for gluten-free diets. Making food standards work for smallholders. Yeah, right. Rauvolfia vomitoria leaf tea good for diabetes. Bit worried about that epithet though. Mexican sage banned in another state. Pass the peyote then.