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  1. When I saw just the text of the headline I was going to joke, "Made from cacao harvested from British glasshouses? In a limited edition of 15 bars, then?", but it turns out that's what they're referring to.

    theguardian.com/food/2026/aug/ #ClimateChange #Horticulture #Agrobiodiversity #Food

  2. Almost 20 years on, my compadre Luigi has refreshed a page that answers the multilayered question What is Agrobiodiversity?

    agro.biodiver.se/what-is-agrob

    #agriculture #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity

  3. Today, ‘innovation’ has become synonymous with the rapid development of #AI, #precisionagriculture, bioengineering, and automation”.
    The @ipesfood “Head in the Cloud” report examines how this shift is reshaping power in #agrifood systems & documents farmer-led and community-based innovations that are strengthening #soilhealth, conserving #agrobiodiversity, adapting crops to #climatechange, and building resilient local #agrifood systems🌱
    ipes-food.org/report/head-in-t

  4. Apple cultivars I saw for sale at Kaufland in Brno, Czechia:

    Granny Smith
    Golden Delicious
    Jonagold
    Red Delicious
    Red Prince
    Braeburn
    Cripps Pink ("Pink Lady")
    Gala
    "Cosmic Crisp"
    Eva (I think...I might be misremembering this one).

    Didn't see any Czech cultivars per se. #FruitToot #Agrobiodiversity #Czechia

  5. M&E framework for sustainable PGRFA conservation in genebanks

    "The conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) is essential for global food and nutrition security, climate resilience and sustainable agriculture. This study presents a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework applied across 20 countries in the Global South to assess the state of ex situ PGRFA conservation."

    cambridge.org/core/journals/pl #GeneBanks #PlantBreeding #Agrobiodiversity

  6. Are flower strips enough?

    Strips of land planted with flowers between fields are much loved: they are beautiful and attract bees and butterflies. But is that enough for #Biodiversity? Researchers at our Uni say more diversity and collaboration across the landscape is needed: uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html

    Article in #BiologicalConvervation: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.

    #Agriculture #Agrobiodiversity #Agroecology

  7. Not sure whether anyone here is interested in genetic, and especially agricultural, biodiversity, but two huge names in the field are those of Erna Bennett and Otto Frankel. A new paper by Julia Nordblad examines their distinct contributions.

    agro.biodiver.se/2025/06/erna-

    #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity

  8. 🌽GBIF consultation #survey on #agrobiodiversity data is open for submissions!

    We are seeking perspectives from GBIF nodes and delegations, data publishers and users, and other industry experts and professionals to help shape the future of GBIF's engagement across the agrobiodiversity thematic communities. 👩‍🔬

    📍Survey deadline: 30 May 2025

    🔗gbif.link/agro-consultation

    🎥 Check out the recording of the recent agrobiodiversity webinar here: gbif.link/agro-webinar

  9. 🌽Still time to register for the GBIF #agrobiodiversity webinar TODAY!

    We are seeking perspectives from GBIF nodes and delegations, data publishers and users, and other industry experts and professionals who work across the agrobiodiversity field. 👩‍🔬

    ⏰30 April 2025 14:00 - 15:30 CEST

    🔗gbif.org/event/t7VDxFqZr8VNbal

    The event will be recorded with the recording made available on the event page in the days after the event.

  10. Algerian Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera) ex situ Gene Banks of the Technical Institute of Fruit Arboriculture and Viticulture (ITAFV), Skikda.

    (Unfortunately not published Open Access.)

    doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-423

    #Algeria #Grapes #FruitToot #Agrobiodiversity #GeneBanks

    @plantscience

  11. Abstract deadline extended to May 15

    "The POMSYM 2025 symposium is open to all interested parties involved in the research, teaching, and extension community. The goal is to promote international cooperation and dissemination of the latest information regarding pomegranate and other minor fruits such as fig, carob, prickly pear, azarole, etc."

    ishs.org/symposium/791

    @plantscience #Botany #Agrobiodiversity #Ethnobotany

  12. Small Is The New Great! How to fight against the sludge of 2025 - and how the tiniest things can change the world. I would be happy if you can find some hope in my new blogpost: ▶️ steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcut

    You can subscribe for my free newsletter or support my work as a member!

    #NatureMatchCuts #biodiversity #grain #seeds #agrobiodiversity #crops #food #FoodSafety #historicSeeds #heirloom #culturalHeritage #seedSavers #seedbanks #farming #histodon #cooperation #hope #blog #BiodiversityShrines

  13. Someone's breeding corn here. There's more variety of phenotypes than you'll see in a commercial corngrowers' field or even most people's gardens. #Agrobiodiversity #Agriculture #PlantBreeding @plantscience

  14. @echopapa @drupas took this pic of one of the #pulsesincrease beds today. Had sown D (French variety 'Marche des trois chenes'), but all ten seeds rotted away. Replaced it with a second row of variety F (Canario from Mexico) from my backup modules, though I will have to exclude that row from the experiment. The others are hanging in, but they haven't grown much in the last week or two...

    #legumes #beans #Bohnen #agrobiodiversity #citizenscience

  15. Thank dawg for the folks outside of academia who are doing this work. Public universities and USDA absolutely should be doing more germplasm conservation, but in the case of USDA funding has been bad and in the case of public universities, they're more into conserving public subsidy of pro sports corporation employment training programs.

    It is *crucial* to expand germplasm conservation in the face of climate emergency.

    atlasobscura.com/articles/heri #Agrobiodiversity #PlantBreeding #Agriculture

  16. Via Bakers Relay, whose account Mastodon search is not allowing me to re-find in order to tag.

    USDA has clonal germplasm repositories to save heritage varieties and wild relatives. They're grossly underfunded. Let your Congressperson and Senators know you'd like better funding for them.

    cnn.com/2023/11/18/us/heirloom

    #Agrobiodiversity #ClimateChange

  17. When I was volunteering at The Huntington, I got to be adjacent to this work. Sadly, I never got to work directly on the avocados (I'm always more interested in fruit/nuts than any other plants).

    huntington.org/frontiers/hass- #FruitToot #PlantConservation #Agrobiodiversity

  18. "With 207 indigenous varieties and counting, it rains mangoes in Kannapuram. ... boasts a whopping 102 varieties among 382 trees, growing on a plot of just 300 square meters (3,230 square feet). On July 22, 2020—World Mango Day—the Kerala State Biodiversity Board declared Kuruvakkavu an Indigenous Mango Heritage Area. All this is thanks to the efforts of about 20 local families, led by 42-year-old police officer Shyju Machathi."

    atlasobscura.com/articles/mang

    #FruitToot #Agrobiodiversity

  19. RT @giselaquaglia: 📢Excited for the #AgriResearch Conference in Brussels starting tomorrow! High-level speakers will discuss the future of agricultural R&I.

    I'm thrilled to co-host the session on #Agrobiodiversity for healthy cropping systems 🌱🔬💡.

    📽️Live on 31 May ⬇️
    agriculture.ec.europa.eu/event

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EUAgri/status