tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-362287 2013-05-16T12:21:39+02:00 A weblog maintained by reference librarians at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef019102279308970c 2013-05-16T12:21:39+02:00 2013-05-16T12:25:47+02:00

United States National Public Radio recently reported on the use of insects as food and the obstacles to making large scale consumption and use of insects a reality. Wealthier nations battle a disgust factor that may greatly affect investment in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/IzHSo_W3fIE" height="1" width="1"/>

eric http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/05/the-un-and-fao-continue-to-make-the-case-for-eating-insects.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef01901c1f5544970b 2013-05-13T13:46:55+02:00 2013-05-13T13:50:16+02:00

FAO is hosting the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition this week, May 13-15, 2013. Partners in this conference are CIFOR, Bioversity, and World Agroforestry Centre. The objectives of the conference are to: Highlight the ways in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/zIuU7DLDO-w" height="1" width="1"/>

Lubin http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/05/international-conference-on-forests-for-food-security-and-nutrition.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef019101fca759970c 2013-05-10T16:28:36+02:00 2013-05-10T16:28:36+02:00

Courtesy of the Jakarta Post: May 10 2013 Ahmad Helmy Faishal Zaini, Indonesia's State Minister for Acceleration of Development in Underdeveloped Regions visited the David Lubin Memorial Library on Tuesday 7th May 2013, accompanied by the Indonesian Ambassador to Italy....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/cZowVplD-Sg" height="1" width="1"/>

Radhika http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/05/one-more-for-the-library.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef017eeac1da3c970d 2013-05-02T16:54:01+02:00 2013-05-02T16:54:01+02:00

The Library has organized a trial subscription to BioOne Online. BioOne is a “not for profit organization” which provides an online full text database of 176 high-quality biological, ecological and environmental sciences journals from 131 not-for-profit publishers. Almost half of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/Ow9xl1za-n8" height="1" width="1"/>

Radhika http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/05/bioone-online.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef017eeaab427b970d 2013-04-30T11:56:12+02:00 2013-04-30T11:57:24+02:00

On Friday, 26th April, the European Commission presented the Soil Atlas of Africa. This atlas is the first of its kind. It is a collaborative effort of the EU, the African Union, and FAO. The atlas explains the origin and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/VlwC9fY5uYc" height="1" width="1"/>

JessicaM http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/04/soil-atlas-of-africa.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef01901bae6fa3970b 2013-04-29T17:04:23+02:00 2013-04-30T11:58:00+02:00

Have you always thought the coconut is popular just for cooking? Watch the video Coconut, from nose to tail to discover what it means for many families in Sri Lanka.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/L9jokMc5cMk" height="1" width="1"/>

FraLau http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/04/coconut.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef017d430ca01a970c 2013-04-26T10:12:00+02:00 2013-04-25T17:25:38+02:00

Did you know that Llama meat, a traditional part of Andean indigenous cuisine has become haute cuisine in Bolivia? For years, indigenous Bolivians have enjoyed llama meat, butchered and sold in local markets and cooked by street vendors. Today, Llama...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/N6CRt1ikcrw" height="1" width="1"/>

Radhika http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/04/bolivians-turns-llama-meat-into-haute-cuisine-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef017d4311f6e4970c 2013-04-25T11:02:00+02:00 2013-04-24T15:33:15+02:00

The latest issue of African Farming and Food Processing presents one example of mobile phones helping farmers in Kenya to make informed decisions about when and what to plant. The E-Farming trial program run by the African Soil Information Service...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/c_59TIpR76E" height="1" width="1"/>

eric http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/04/mobile-phones-and-e-farming-in-kenya.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef01901b81cf1e970b 2013-04-24T14:16:00+02:00 2013-04-23T16:14:30+02:00

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions. The participating libraries cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/rPkZFYGFD68" height="1" width="1"/>

armand http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/04/the-biodiversity-heritage-library.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8bc253ef01901b82e728970b 2013-04-24T10:03:00+02:00 2013-04-24T11:10:31+02:00

I recently came across an interesting news item regarding a warning from the Ministry of Agriculture, Saudi Arabia on locusts. Saudi locusts on the ground have likely been contaminated, due to heavy use of insecticide sprays. The Ministry warned that...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLubinFiles/~4/PgzGo9Fzx3s" height="1" width="1"/>

Radhika http://lubinlib.typepad.com/index/2013/04/people-told-not-to-eat-pesticide-laced-locusts-1.html