Evaluating pre-bred sunflower crosses with wild relatives. Gotta love the diversity.
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Genetic and species diversity of crops, trees, livestock, fish, pollinators, microbes etc etc
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Awesome, by @ewencallaway RT @mammuthus: Nice summary of recent research into dog evolution http://t.co/sZ92QM5wt4 (h/t @paleogenomics) — Ed Yong (@edyong209) June 18, 2013 Scientists investigating the transformation of wolves into dogs are... Delete the scoop?
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USDA NRCS South Dakota has added a photo to the pool: Delete the scoop?
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Something is up, no doubt about it. First off, PBS in the US has a longish news report on how farmers in India “find promise in ancient seeds”. Delete the scoop?
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Risk management in the face of climate change is something we can all learn from smallholder farmers. Delete the scoop?
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The leaders of Bioversity International, IUCN and IFAD, discuss the need to link agriculture and biodiversity in Reuters Sustainability. Delete the scoop?
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What could be more American than gliding along perfect roads at eighty mph, roads so perfect that the dry, rocky terrain slips past like a movie?
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Today, ‘A Seed of Wild Banana’ sculpture by the artist Mr Mitsuaki Tanabe will be unveiled at Bioversity International in Montpellier, France. Delete the scoop?
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The meeting of Eucarpia’s Genetic Resources Section is taking place in Malmo, Sweden this week, under the catchy title of “Pre-breeding — fishing in the gene pool.” Lots of old friends there. Delete the scoop?
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Hindustan Times Farmer bags national award for conservation of pear variety Hindustan Times "He is doing a commendable work of conservation of pear and spreading awareness among farmers about agro-biodiversity and conservation of landraces and... Delete the scoop?
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Yesterday at the event Nutrition for Growth: Beating Hunger through Business and Science, Rachel Kyte, Chair of the CGIAR Fund Council, announced CGIAR’s commitment to spend at least US$400 million on nutrition-relevant agricultural research for... Delete the scoop?
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Everybody’s calling the Nutrition4Growth at the weekend a great success, perhaps a game-changer. Delete the scoop?
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Do you know your oats from your oils? Think you can make your culinary knowledge bear fruit? Then pit your wits against our food game. Delete the scoop?
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Struggling Farmers in India Find Promise for the Future in Ancient Seeds (Struggling Farmers in India Find Promise in Ancient Seeds http://t.co/Mgd8CmkfWT)... Delete the scoop?
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Concerns food crop diversity dwindling Delete the scoop?
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Natural history collections and herbaria contain many millions of specimens that are used for research.
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Revolutionizing agritech at Israel's Volcani Institute Delete the scoop?
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Luigi pointed me to a nice graphic poster of the officially approved bird for all 50 of the United States. Among them, I noticed two chickens, for Delaware and Rhode Island.
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Farmer wins award for pear tree water conservation FreshPlaza "He is doing a commendable work of conservation of pear and spreading awareness among farmers about agro-biodiversity and conservation of landraces and farmers' varieties," the citation... Delete the scoop?
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Commenting on a comment on my slightly disappointed take on a couple of new spatial datasets yesterday, our regular reader Glenn Hyman, another CGIAR CGI uber-geek, muses thus: If I was a young GIS geek, I think I would concentrate on how to create... Delete the scoop?
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Kai Sonder, CGIAR GIS geek extraordinaire, alerts us to the release of a couple of new global geospatial datasets, on roads and urban expansion. Delete the scoop?
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It’s always a pleasure to be interviewed, particularly by someone like Jeremy Cherfas, who has a very nifty and intelligent podcast called Eat This. Delete the scoop?
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80% of our calorie intake comes from just 12 plant species, 50% of our calories come from just the three big grasses; wheat, maize and rice. What would happe... Delete the scoop?
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RT @ChathamRob: Helpful break down of nutrition pledges with some pointers on what's new and what's not from @David_McNair of Save. http://t.co/WVWZAYvH8b
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In 2007, Paul Bradshaw was scouring farming blogs when he noticed something funny: people wanted chickens. But not just any chickens. Delete the scoop?
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