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Nibbles: Restoration, Monitoring, CARDI, Margot Forde, Warwick, Slow Beans 2025, Lonicera – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/01/nibb...

#conservation #biodiversity #cropdiversity #genebanks #forests #restoration #vegetables #honeysuckle #beans
Nibbles: Restoration, Monitoring, CARDI, Margot Forde, Warwick, Slow Beans 2025, Lonicera
Africa needs good forest seeds. And genetic monitoring of the resulting plantings, probably. The Caribbean also wants quality seed, and thinks a mobile seed bank is the way to get it. The only mobile ...
agro.biodiver.se
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Frozen 2: This time it’s crop diversity – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/01/froz...

#conservation #biodiversity #cryopreservation #cropdiversity #genebanks
Frozen 2: This time it’s crop diversity
Speaking of breadfruit... Seeds are the ... ahem ... bread and butter of traditional genebanks: dry them, chill them, and they’ll keep for decades. But the seeds of many important crops don’t play nic...
agro.biodiver.se
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 AM
foodwater.csis.org
National and international genebanks provide the infrastructure and expertise to mitigate threats facing several of the world’s most important crops.
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
bigearthdata.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
cgiar.org
📍Lima, Peru 🇵🇪 #GB11 ended without agreement, yet CGIAR delivered: 19 talks, key reports and global recognition of our genebanks’ impact. We’ll keep working to strengthen the system for farmers everywhere

📸 Photos by IISD/ENB - Andrés Felipe Carvajal Gómez
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
planttreaty.bsky.social
The Plant Treaty, @cipotato.org, @croptrust.bsky.social, @nordgen.bsky.social, @cgiar.org Genebanks launched an immersive journey through the Infinite Loop & Seeds of Peru, celebrating the diversity that farmers & communities have safeguarded for generations.🌶️🥔

➡️ bit.ly/4ofESUA
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
planttreaty.bsky.social
Yesterday’s side event explored how Peru’s megadiversity shapes sustainable food systems 🇵🇪

Genebanks, NGOs, FAO, Food processing and agrobiodiversity-positive companies shared scalable models and strengthened SDG-aligned partnerships.

Collaboration starts with #Biodiversity.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
planttreaty.bsky.social
Botanical gardens & agricultural genebanks both play key roles in conserving the edible biodiversity that sustains us.

Live from the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants launch at #GB11 in Lima. 🌱

#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #FoodSecurity

@croptrust.bsky.social @nybg.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
planttreaty.bsky.social
From Lima, as countries gather for #GB11, Crop Diversity Day 2025 brings global partners together to strengthen genebanks, advance cryopreservation, promote opportunity crops, & close key gaps.🌱

Stay tuned for more ➡️ bit.ly/4nmvOgd

@croptrust.bsky.social Kent Nnadozie International Potato Center
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Nibbles: Ukraine duplication, Mexican native maize, Andean agriculture double, Campanian crops double, Pacific cryobank, Moringa promotion – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/11/nibb...

#genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity
Nibbles: Ukraine duplication, Mexican native maize, Andean agriculture double, Campanian crops double, Pacific cryobank, Moringa promotion
A little more safety for Ukraine's seeds, thanks to a new genebank. A little more safety for Mexico's native maize, thanks to Pres. Sheinbaum. A little more safety for Andean agriculture, thanks to Ec...
agro.biodiver.se
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
kamounlab.bsky.social
This is based on a talk I gave to the Crop Trust, before we conserve we need to understand the standing variation in the genebanks we have -- #ConservationGenomics kamounlab.medium.com/crispr-gene-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
eusci.bsky.social
📜 EuSci Presents: The Traitors — Science Edition

Swipe to uncover who’s who — and how their choices changed the course of science 👉

#EUSci ##ScienceCommunication #TheTraitors #ScienceEdition #HistoryOfScience #AcademicDrama #ScientificLegacy
A medieval-style library desk with leather-bound books and glass flasks. Gold text reads: *The Traitors: Science Edition* with the categories: Faithful, Traitor, Banished, Murdered. At the bottom, it asks, “Who can you trust in the name of science?” EUSci logo is in the bottom right corner Background image of a mother in childbirth with a brown transparent overlay. Bold red text reads: Faithful. Below, it says Ignaz Semmelweis 1818–1866. A black-and-white photo of Semmelweis appears beneath. Text reads: “In 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis showed that simple handwashing could prevent childbed fever. His peers denied it, but he remained faithful to science, aiming to reform obstetric care and save mothers’ lives.” Background image of dried crops. Bold red text reads: Traitor – Trofim Lysenko 1898–1976. Below is a black-and-white photo of Lysenko. Text explains: “Soviet scientist Trofim Lysenko caused widespread harm through unscientific plant theories, aligning biology with ideology, silencing truth, and setting science back decades. A traitor to science and humanity.” Background photo of crops with a brown transparent overlay. Bold text reads: Murdered – Nikolai Vavilov 1887–1942. Below is a photo of Vavilov. Text reads: “Russian geneticist Nikolai Vavilov worked to end famine by conserving crop diversity. Faithful to science, he was branded a traitor under Stalin, imprisoned, and died of starvation, despite laying the foundation for modern genebanks and global food security.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
florilege-rare.bsky.social
[Daily Watch] 18 000 new seed samples to Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Eighteen genebanks from every continent deposited seeds, including new contributors from the Philippines and Peru. #Biodiversity #Conservation #SeedVault www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
18 000 new seed samples to Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Eighteen genebanks representing every continent deposited more than 18,000 seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week. Among them were new contributors from the Philippines and Peru,…
www.regjeringen.no
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
cgiar.org
🌾 CGIAR’s 11 genebanks conserve 700k+ crop accessions, safeguarding the world’s largest public seed collection.

Diversity protects against climate risks, biodiversity loss & food insecurity.
Biodiversity is our insurance for the future.

Learn more: https://on.cgiar.org/4nQpmyC
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Nibbles: Fiona Hay, Richard Ellis, FAO exhibition, Peasants, Wheat breeding, Svalbard, Søren Ejlersen, Ephraim Bull, Heirloom apples, Caffeine, Collards history – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/10/nibb...

#conservation #genebanks #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #seeds
Nibbles: Fiona Hay, Richard Ellis, FAO exhibition, Peasants, Wheat breeding, Svalbard, Søren Ejlersen, Ephraim Bull, Heirloom apples, Caffeine, Collards history
Dr Fiona Hay, seed scientist, on why we need genebanks. Prof. Richard Ellis retires. A genebank legend, as Fiona would probably agree. FAO exhibition goes From Seeds to Foods. By way of genebanks, no ...
agro.biodiver.se
October 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
There’s a webinar on the EU's knowledge review of Neglected & Underutilized Species on 15 October. Maybe somebody will mention why previous cycles of interest petered out?

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/neglec...

#opportunitycrops #conservation #genebanks
October 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ayininside.bsky.social
These revenge practices varied in their exact details but at their core involved using genebanks of human templates to create sentient livestock that were murdered, butchered, and consumed on an industrial scale.
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Those who cannot remember the past of NUS… – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/thos...

#genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #seeds
Those who cannot remember the past of NUS…
The European Commission has waded into the whole opportunity crops thing with its "Neglected and Underutilised Species (NUS): Potential for Food and Nutrition Security – a Knowledge Review." Only, as ...
agro.biodiver.se
September 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Brainfood: Crop diversity has a solution for almost anything...

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai...

#plantbreeding #conservation #seedsaving #genebanks
Brainfood: Breeding edition
Unlocking the potential of wild rice to bring missing nutrition to elite grains. A solution for better nutrition. Characterization of Oryza glaberrima derived genetic resources for stagnant flooding t...
agro.biodiver.se
September 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Nibbles: Seed banks everywhere edition...

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb...

#genebanks #conservation #seeds #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #seedsaving #heirlooms
Nibbles: Ancient Mexican seedbank, Indian millets, Foraged foods, Soybean breeding, Apple breeding, Albanian heirlooms, Bangladesh fish genebank
People in the Nejapan Sierra Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico had a seed bank 400-700 years ago so they could re-create their complex cuisine after disruptions. How MSSRF revived millets in Odisha, India. You th...
agro.biodiver.se
September 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Nibbles: Ancient Mexican seedbank, Indian millets, Foraged foods, Soybean breeding, Apple breeding, Albanian heirlooms, Bangladesh fish genebank – Agricultural #Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb...

#genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #seedsaving #seedbank #plantbreeding
Nibbles: Ancient Mexican seedbank, Indian millets, Foraged foods, Soybean breeding, Apple breeding, Albanian heirlooms, Bangladesh fish genebank
People in the Nejapan Sierra Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico had a seed bank 400-700 years ago so they could re-create their complex cuisine after disruptions. How MSSRF revived millets in Odisha, India. You th...
agro.biodiver.se
September 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Brainfood: Tech helping #genebanks with...

Taxonomic identification, Niche mapping, Drones, Phenomics, Yield analysis...

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai...

#conservation #technology #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #heirloomseeds
Brainfood: Taxonomic identification, Niche mapping, Drones, Phenomics, Yield analysis
Review of herbarium plant identification of crop wild relatives using convolutional neural network models. Cool tech helps you figure out which species is which. Now you can map them properly I guess....
agro.biodiver.se
September 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Earlier this week I posted a roundup of papers describing recent improvements to the "software" of #genebanks agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai.... Next Monday, it's the turn of genebank "hardware." Keep up to date: agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/how-...
Brainfood: Genebank metrics, Genebank reviews, Botanic gardens ABS, Genebank practical guides, Germplasm User Groups
A Proposal for Genebank Metrics to Enhance Collection Management. A framework of 10 mandatory and 38 optional metrics for orthodox-seed genebank collections (covering size, documentation, conservation...
agro.biodiver.se
September 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
agrobiodiverse.bsky.social
Nibbles: Corn diseases, German potato collection, Endophyte strain, Fish nutrition, Himalayan pea, Subversive seeds – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb...

#conservation #seeds #genebanks #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity
Nibbles: Corn diseases, German potato collection, Endophyte strain, Fish nutrition, Himalayan pea, Subversive seeds
The US needs better maize. German genebank looks for the best potatoes. New Zealand markets an endophyte for better grass performance. Some Timor-Leste fish are better than others. The Himalayas have ...
agro.biodiver.se
September 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM