Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
Tom Payne of CIMMYT was a bit worried about that Global Crop Loss Survey: The wheat data suggests that a preponderance of responses came from Europe (where the trio of disease septoria tritici-yellow rust-fusarium head blight are prevalent). Interestingly, the emerging threats of “Ug99 types” of stem rust and wheat blast are not revealed though …
Nomadic ecology shaped the highland geography of Asia’s Silk Roads. Goat Roads doesn’t have the same ring to it. Agro-biodiversity has increased over a 95 year period at sub-regional and regional scales in southern Quebec, Canada. It’s all in the definition. Trees for life: The ecosystem service contribution of trees to food production and livelihoods …
The International Wheat Congress kicks off in Sydney this week, with its stellar lineup of speakers, and social media accoutrements, to remind us that, despite all the talk of gluten intolerance and the like, wheat is a big deal… Countries where wheat provides more than 1/3 of daily calories: Braun #IWC9 pic.twitter.com/SRjCegCBkW — CIMMYT (@CIMMYT) …
MAXXI, a fashionable museum in Rome, is running an exhibition called “FOOD dal Cucchiaio al Mondo.” ((Or “FOOD from the Spoon to the World.” The all-caps FOOD is the official format.)) I was asked to contribute a little piece for the Landscape section. You can buy the catalogue online, and it does have lots of …
The Brazil nut needs its pollinators. How USDA protects plant varieties. American dogs are Asian, not European. India Nepal working out how to implement the ITPGRFA. Kerala’s vegetable terrace gardeners. Haven’t heard much about Ug99 lately, have we? Doesn’t mean people aren’t keeping a careful eye on it. Climate change 10,000 times faster than vertebrate …