Wednesday 21st October is National Apple Day in Britain. We are reminded of the auspicious occasion by The Ecologist and the Eden Project. What will Kew do?
Techuitlatl and dihé
What is the lacustrine agrobiodiversity eaten both by the Aztecs and the Kanembu people of Lake Chad? Fascinating case of parallel cultural evolution.
Featured: Banana wild relative highlighted
Shelagh weighs in on that pink banana:
We found that for the high priority Musa taxa (including itinerans, a primary wild relative) occurrence data were lacking in online databases. Data were so sketchy that we were unable to do any sensible mapping. We highlighted the need for a detailed ecogeographic survey of this group.
World Food Day celebrated
It’s all go here at FAO, what with World Food Day and all. Security tight, no visitors allowed, etc. The theme this year is “Achieving food security in times of crisis.” We’ll let you know if agrobiodiversity comes up…