The Arca-Deli Awards are presented annually (starting 2011) to products and services of locally adapted livestock breeds and cultivated plants. The award is presented to products and services seen as being recommendable as a model or example of good practice. The Arca-Deli Award label can then be used on labelling of products and services as a means of adding value.
How to improve nutrition
Bob Ziegler, DG of IRRI, explains why the world needs biofortified staples:
Take the example of rice, the staple food for more than half of the world’s population – including more than half a billion of the world’s poorest in Asia. These people often eat rice and little else. While rice is an excellent food, it does not have all the vitamins and minerals a person needs – so many of these people don‘t get enough essential nutrients like iron, zinc, and vitamin A.
A diverse and nutritious diet is the best option, sadly however, this is often too expensive or simply unavailable.
Simple, eh?
This is about climate, not diversity. But …
U.S. Daily Highest Max Temperature Records set on June 28, 2012
Out of a possible 5,752 records: 205 (Broken) + 74 (Tied) = 279 Total
Just the facts, Ma’am.
Agricultural input requested for bioinformatics whitepaper
We’ve been asked to contribute an agricultural perspective to the Biodiversity Informatics Whitepaper, a document
…that is intended to inform funding organisations about the priorities as perceived by practitioners in the field.
You can find the document itself, and more background, here. Well worth a read, even if you decide not to comment.
Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference 2012…
…is off and running in Copenhagen
The Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference (GBIC) will convene expertise in the fields of biodiversity informatics, genomics, earth observation, natural history collections, biodiversity research and policy needed to set such collaboration in motion.
Follow it on Twitter. See the presentations.
allowing access to relevant environmental data and predict, anywhere on earth, on any res, at any time, as a service for anyone #gbic2012
— Donat Agosti (@myrmoteras) July 2, 2012
Report on it here, if you like.
LATER: Oh gosh, there’s also this today: 2nd LCIRAH Annual Workshop “The Role of Agricultural and Food Systems Research in Combating Chronic Disease for Development.” Here’s the hashtag.