Plants & People
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Banana sustains … for nutrition, for livelihoods and for the environment
How can we grow sustainable bananas?
I’m stealing this presentation
The social web isn’t just limited to blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Slideshare is a great place to look for presentations on all sorts of things. I’ve been particularly impressed by this presentation about how to give a PowerPoint presentation. STEAL THIS PRESENTATION! View more presentations from @JE
The roadside botanist, bananas and cassava biodiversity
Roadside botany in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Beer IS good for you! [or Antibiotics: good for what ale’s you]
Tetracycline, an antibiotic, was found in ancient Sudanese Nubian skeletons, suggesting beer brewed with infected grain may have been used medicinally.
Molecular tools and quality improvement in vegetatively propagated crops
A Coordinated Research Project (CRP) sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) aims to improve banana and cassava crops, vital for food security in Asia and Africa.
Blogger goes bananas (in a good way)
A blog post by Jeremy Cherfas on Vaviblog connects banana domestication research to cassava research and older banana domestication puzzles.
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