Rescuing seed’s heritage: looking for words to open the black box  

Rethinking agricultural specialization

all posts Rethinking agricultural specialization The management of diversity – related to human activities and plant-animal interactions – has ensured both the stability and the transformation of a great variety of farming systems in different geographical and...
Rescuing seed’s heritage: looking for words to open the black box  

Spelt wheat in Iberia: from the East came a northern crop

all posts Spelt wheat in Iberia: from the East came a northern crop The introduction of spelt in Iberia has been attributed to Germanic people and the Romans. However, we know now it was cultivated before that, at least since the 5th century BC, in the northernmost...
Rescuing seed’s heritage: looking for words to open the black box  

Fieldwork notes on the rye culture in the South of Portugal

all posts Fieldwork notes on the rye culture in the South of Portugal Rye field. Photo: Luísa Ricardo/Municipality of Tavira, 2023 I am in the middle of a rye field waving in the wind. It’s almost harvest time. I am writing from the South of Portugal, Northeast...
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Variability and dynamics of Nordic rye

all posts Variability and dynamics of Nordic rye In the late medieval period, cereal cultivation and consumption in Scandinavia changed. After almost 2000 years of having barley (Hordeum vulgare) as the primary grain crop, the use of rye (Secale cereale) increased...