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Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov Our Daily Bread 08

8 August 2018

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This short episode fails to do justice to the man who, more than anyone, first grasped the importance of knowing where and how wheat arose. It does, however, explain why Vavilov wanted to collect the building material of future food security, for wheat and many other crops. In more than 60 countries, Vavilov and his colleagues gathered diversity from farmers’ fields; they died protecting their collections.

Thanks to Luigi Guarino for the photograph of Vavilov’s desk with his route across Ethiopia, and much else besides.

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  • Chris Aldrich commented 6 years ago.

    Listened Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov | Our Daily Bread 08 by Jeremy Cherfas from Eat This Podcast

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    This short episode fails to do justice to the man who, more than anyone, first grasped the importance of knowing where and how wheat arose. It does, however, explain why Vavilov wanted to collect the building material of future food security, for wheat and many other crops. In more than 60 countries, Vavilov and his colleagues gathered diversity from farmers’ fields; they died protecting their collections.

    Thanks to Luigi Guarino for the photograph of Vavilov’s desk with his route across Ethiopia, and much else besides.

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:18 — 5.9MB)
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    One day I’d like to get a solid biography of Vavilov’s to read, but until then, this short, but excellent story will have to suffice.

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  • eatthispodcast commented 6 years ago.

    @jojolemon I have one myself; and I know it is useless.

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  • eatthispodcast commented 6 years ago.

    @sigurdurdahl Thank you for listening and enjoying enough to say so.

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  • jojolemon commented 6 years ago.

    BTW, nice to revisit this story.

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  • jojolemon commented 6 years ago.

    I can’t believe you dissed my stamp collection! (The one I have not looked at since high school but still have in a box somewhere.) How date you! :-)

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  • AgroBioDiverse commented 6 years ago.

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  • sigurdurdahl commented 6 years ago.

    I absolutely love this series of small podcasts Jeremy! Thank you!

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  • artefactCRASSH mentioned this post 6 years ago.

    Never miss an opportunity to remember and pay tribute to Nikolai Vavilov’s life and work.

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  • AgroBioDiverse mentioned this post 6 years ago.

    Our Daily Bread podcast on Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov eatthispodcast.com/our-daily-brea… @DrHikov

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