Nibbles: Ragone award, CC impacts, Uganda AGR genebank, Spanish livestock, Indian community genebank, COGENT in India, RTB and CC, Sudden oak death

Diane Ragone is Distinguished Economic Botanist for 2020. Climate change is reducing consumable calories by about 1% a year for the top 10 crops globally. East Africa to get a livestock genebank. Will they use this “universal tool“? Meanwhile, transhumance is hanging on in Spain. Another community seed bank in India. And the international coconut …

Nibbles: International genebanks, Ahmed Amri, Genebank management, Nutrition stories, Spice nomenclature, Breeding against waste, Cuneiform tablets, Breadfruit, Ag risk, Giant pineapple, Chiles in Mexico, Solanum jamesii, Seed Week, Kenyan community seedbank, Lost apples

The CGIAR genebanks in the limelight. My friend Ahmed Amri is a big reason for the success of the above. The dual role of genebank managers like Ahmed. Feel-good nutrition stories needed. Rosemary gets a name change. Not many people hurt. Fighting food waste through breeding. Babylonian cooking deciphered. Breadfruit (and Diane Ragone) on TV. …