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Agricultural Biodiversity / Weblog


Web log discussing conservation and sustainable use of crops, livestock and their wild relatives.

Nibbles: Trojan Horse? Farmer preferences, Yucca moths, Bees, GM bananas, Coffee
31 07 2010 This is not a Trojan Horse. Madcap agrobiodiversity antics in Abruzzo, Italy. No, I don’t get it either. Farmers are willing to forego some extra income or yield to obtain a more stable and environmentally adaptable crop variety. They are? Someone tell the Nabobs. Yucca moths and yuccas; an astonishing evolutionary story. Bee research gets [...]

Bringing back the Iraqi marshes
31 07 2010 We blogged over a year ago about the re-flooding of the Iraqi marshes, but fairly briefly, and it’s great to see a long piece about this restoration process in Der Spiegel today. The slideshow which accompanies the article provides the best visual summary I’ve seen of what happened to the marshes — and their inhabitants, [...]

Berry Go Round 30 – Come Together
31 07 2010 The latest Berry Go Round is up at Brainripples. If you got here from there (or even if you didn’t), welcome! And do go back and read the other cool botanical stuff after you’re finished here.

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