See on Scoop.it – AnnBotIn the face of sustained population growth, our big cities continue to sprawl into the greenfields, despite the now well recognised problems associated with higher infrastructure costs...
Author - Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison
Plantwise knowledge bank of crop pests & diseases
See on Scoop.it – AnnBotrelease of the Plantwise Knowledge Bank, the open-access information resource from CABI covering crop pests and diseases. Plantwise is a global programme to improve food security, alleviate...
Frontiers | A Vision for 21st Century Agricultural Research | From Rich Jorgensen
See on Scoop.it – AnnBotfrom Richard A. Jorgensen, Guanajuato, MéxicoLet’s admit an unfortunate truth: agricultural research in most of the world is based on old models that no longer serve us well in...
Promusa – Mobilizing banana science for sustainable livelihoods | The ‘best genomics Venn diagram ever’ deconstructed : ProMusa blog
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot“It didn’t take long after the journal Nature put online the article on the banana genome sequence for bloggers to start commenting on the Venn diagram featuring a a bright...
Stochastic modelling in ecosystems – progress but we are not there yet
Modelling of processes lets one understand the functions of interacting components, helps to identify parts of processes, and can predict outcomes of changes in the system. Unfortunately, what was a major area of...
Bullock Ploughing (plowing) in Ethiopia
I added a new skill to my CV last week. Most of the farmland of Ethiopia is ploughed with bullock ploughs (plows). One man and two bullocks can plough a quarter of a hectare, about 0.6 acre, per day. This area is...
Erosion control, Grevillea and the hills around Aksum, northern Ethiopia – videoblog
Erosion is the most environmentally destructive process. Our videoblog shows planting and watering of Grevillea on hillsides in Ethiopia to control soil loss.
Ethiopian cereal and chilli mills: making flour in the market from corn, tef, wheat and chilli
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot Flour milling in the west happens out of view! Here we can see three different grains being milled in two larger stone-mills, each with two pairs of electrically driven stones, and some...
FAO Statistical Yearbook 2012: all you ever wanted to know about world crop yields and tonnages
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot “The 2012 edition of the FAO Statistical Yearbook presents a visual synthesis of the major trends and factors shaping the global food and agricultural landscape and their interplay...
Go Botany – Plant identification on a computer or tablet near you
Go Botany: the new site for New England Plant identification First came Flora Novae Angliae, the definitive manual for the identification of native and naturalized vascular plants of New England. Now comes the website...
RuSource: Economic evidence for investing in the environment
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot There are many examples where green infrastructure offers much better value for public investment than the alternative, for example natural water filtration and natural flood defence. Alan...
People and the planet – A report from the Royal Society
There are two important pieces of ‘grey literature’ today: the first, from the Royal Society, is a report on how global population and consumption are linked, and the implications for a finite planet. There...
People and the planet report | Royal Society
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot There are two important pieces of ‘grey literature’ today: the first, from the Royal Society, is a report on how global population and consumption are linked, and the...
Plant walls, art and improving our environment
I’ve seen a new approach to use of ornamental plants several occasions recently: walls of plants covering outdoor and indoor sites. At the indoor site, in Heathrow Airport, I was even more happy to see that...
