Agriculture pioneer Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, dies at 95.
Good and bad cassava news
CIAT recently announced that the first vehicle entirely powered by biofuel made from cassava roots is out and about in Colombia. That’s just as well, because that may be all that the crop will be good for in the future.
Andy talks about models
Listen to our friend, colleague and occasional contributor Andy Jarvis talk about his quest to document the predicted effect of climate change on the world’s top 50 crops. Via.
Time to chew
Time magazine must be on an agrobiodiversity high. First, yerba mate. Now, qat.
Happy Ethiopian New Year!
To all our Ethiopian readers: Enqutatesh! Melakam Addis Amet!