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Co-producing biodiversity data infrastructures: Mexico’s Agrobiodiversity Information System as a case study. DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X20....
November 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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MAGNO researcher Mohamed Banni will deliver a keynote at #MEDLIFE2026, exploring experimental findings on #microplastic exposure and its potential #health implications.

📅 7–10 Dec | Naples, Italy
MEDLIFE 2026: MAGNO Researcher Mohamed Banni to Deliver Keynote on Microplastics and Human Health - MAGNO-PROJECT
From 7 to 10 December 2026, the MEDLIFE 2026 Conference will take place in Naples, Italy, featuring a keynote presentation by Mohamed Banni, from the Laboratory of Agrobiodiversity and Ecotoxicology…
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November 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Perfect example of agrobiodiversity conservation by this #Indian couple.

#FoodSecurity
#SeedBanks
Karkala teacher Asma Banu, who conserves nearly 1,540 traditional rice varieties with husband, selected for Plant Genome Saviour recognition
Asma Banu, an English teacher from Sanur village near Murathangady in Karkala, has been selected for the Plant Genome Saviour Famer Recognition for her efforts to conserve nearly 1,540 traditional ric...
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November 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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🪲 A terrific Tuesday ahead at #COP17Armenia!

Today Joe Miller is a panelist in the session hosted by #CIP, #CGIAR and #FAO.

Kyle Copas is presenting in a session hosted by #WasedaUniversity and also check out the session hosted by colleagues at #ThinkNatureInc
Gray promotional poster with a close-up green beetle and overlaid white text: Data to Action Pavilion, SCHEDULE SNAPSHOT, Tues 27 October, and cop17pavilion.org. It lists sessions including Systematic monitoring of agrobiodiversity on farm and in situ: deep dive session; Nature Footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment Method for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; and From Data Consumption to Circulation: Co-Creating Biodiversity Data Ecosystems with the Business Sector.
October 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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🗯️ Coñecemos a valoración do alumnado da Agrobiodiversity Summer School que acolleu o CISPAC o pasado mes de setembro

🗣️ Adam Simmers
October 26, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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🌍 Across 29 countries, more than 100 Globally Important #AgriculturalHeritage Systems showcase centuries of knowledge, agrobiodiversity and resilience.

Have you discovered #GIAHS yet?

👉 fao.org/giahs/en
October 22, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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How do we monitor crop diversity in farmers’ fields?

Today at #COP17, the International Plant Treaty & @cgiar.org
explore tools and partnerships to strengthen agrobiodiversity monitoring. 🔍🌱🤝

#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed #CropDiversity

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social
October 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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🌽'...access to biodiversity needed for conventional breeding must be considered a common good. If access is blocked or hampered, the future of small and medium plant breeders is under threat, as are agrobiodiversity and food production'
#seeds #patents
www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/maize-hea...
No decision upon patent on cold-tolerant maize | NO PATENTS ON SEEDS!
www.no-patents-on-seeds.org
October 20, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Weed all about it – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/10/weed...

#conservation #genebanks #cannabis #agrobiodiversity @usdagov.bsky.social #biodiversity
Weed all about it
I think I vaguely knew that USDA had a hemp collection, but I would definitely not have been able to tell you that it was located in Geneva, NY, that it may be the largest in the world, or that it onl...
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October 19, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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📢 #CBDCOP17 starts today in Yerevan, Armenia!
From 19–30 October, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT brings science and agrobiodiversity to the global biodiversity conversation.
Discover our engagements: https://allbiociat.org/4ivyo3h
October 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Brainfood: WorldCuP, Crop origins, Abrahamic plants, UK landraces double, Ex situ change, Santorini vineyards, Apulian olives – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/10/brai...

#conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #genebanks
Brainfood: WorldCuP, Crop origins, Abrahamic plants, UK landraces double, Ex situ change, Santorini vineyards, Apulian olives
WorldCuP: A database of checklists documenting the World's Cultivated Plants and their distributions. Cool new database records 1,444,325 occurrences representing 91,358 accepted cultivated plant spec...
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October 19, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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Where can you find CCG at #COP17Armenia?

We will be involved in events throughout COP17, from genetic diversity indicator implementation to subnational governments, academia and research, agrobiodiversity and more!

Find out more here: www.coalitionforconservationgenetics.org/cop17
October 17, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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Give farmers room to grow – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/10/give...

#conservation #genebanks #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #FarmerParticipation
Give farmers room to grow
Farmers conserve and improve the crop diversity around them. They have been doing it for millennia. Their livelihoods depend on it. But how much more might they be able to do? Consider the coconut. Fa...
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October 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Africa gets behind #genebanks – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/10/afri...

#conservation #agrobiodiversity #PlantBreeding #biodiversity #SeedSystems
Africa gets behind genebanks
The African Union Commission organized a Seed Summit under the theme “Resilient Seed Systems for a Food Secure Africa”, hosted by the Kingdom of Eswatini from 5-7 October 2026. The results are summari...
agro.biodiver.se
October 16, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Can Uganda turn this #WorldFoodDay2026 theme into reality for its farmers?

Let’s move beyond pilots to farmer-centred, nature-positive food systems that build resilience, raise incomes and nourish every household.

#Uganda #IndigenousCrops #Agrobiodiversity
October 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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'Wakelyns is a National Treasure' - we agree with Chris Packham! Watch this lovely little video explaining why we should support the campaign to #SaveWakelyns - site of so much ORC research over the years into #agroforestry and #agrobiodiversity https://youtu.be/JzVyXj-q46g?si=mCTe0VZx_qiwlweq
October 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Building understanding: a review of European farmers' perceptions of agrobiodiversity - Tiia Malka, Traci Birge, Iryna Herzon, Toni Ryynänen
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Redirecting
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October 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Not too early for an early warning system for PGRFA – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/10/not-...

#genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity
Not too early for an early warning system for PGRFA
It turns out that if you keep a blog going long enough, you start to notice that you’re not so much writing new posts as filing updates to old ones. Looking back over two decades of the blog, a few ob...
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October 13, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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Apples have been another recurring obsession on the blog, maybe because they make the conservation problem unusually tangible, and immediate.

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

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#genebanks #heirlooms #conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiverstity #fruit #apples
The apples of my eye
Apples have been another recurring obsession on the blog, maybe because they make the conservation problem unusually tangible, and immediate. Pretty much everyone thinks they know what an apple is, bu...
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October 12, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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Good news from Beltsville? – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/10/good...

#conservation #USDA #genebanks #PlantBreeding #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #DNA
Good news from Beltsville?
After the recent worrying announcement about the USDA closing the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, there may now be some good news. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has just announce...
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October 11, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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More gems from 20 years of blog archives...

Mapping out the problem of crop mapping – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/10/mapp...

#conservation #genebanks #agrobiodiversity #GIS #biodiversity
Mapping out the problem of crop mapping
Time to celebrate the fact that I’ve spent a surprisingly large part of the life of this blog trying to answer what sounds like a simple question: Where are crops actually grown? In Where do bananas g...
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October 11, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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The 20th anniversary celebrations continue with...chocolate!

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

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#genebanks #conservation #chocolate #artisanal #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #HeirloomSeeds
The chocolate formerly known as lost
The Quest to Save the World’s Most Coveted Chocolate is an engaging story in Smithsonian Magazine about Ecuador’s ancient, iconic Nacional cacao. It came out three years ago, but I only just came acro...
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October 10, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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📢 From 19–30 October, join us at #CBDCOP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, to discover how science and agrobiodiversity can turn global biodiversity targets into action and build a nature-positive future.
🌱 Explore our agenda: https://allbiociat.org/4zgDy9Y
October 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Continuing the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the blog with another trawl through the archives: There’s gold in that thar rice story

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#genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #HeirloomSeeds
There’s gold in that thar rice story
Carolina Gold is another one of those stories that we kept coming back to, and that I now want to recap as part of our anniversary celebrations. Before the U.S. Civil War, Carolina Gold was the domina...
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October 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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🌱 Farmers' markets connect biodiversity, livelihoods and healthy diets.
The Alliance has signed a 3-year MoU with the World Farmers Markets Coalition to advance sustainable local food systems, agrobiodiversity, nutrition and inclusive markets.
Read more: https://allbiociat.org/4ASNPKW
October 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM