Food
Worldwide, whether in developing or developed contextx, food security is a paramount issue. It relates to issue areas from food availability to food safety to traditional and innovative agricultural genetic technologies.
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Drying of Kenya's Tana Delta
The drying of the Tana Delta, Kenya Discussion highlights for the topic: Early Impacts Can't see this article correctly? Go to:... More »
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Publishing Developing Country Science Papers
Scheme Helps Polish Developing Country Science Papers 22 June 2009, on SciDev.Net, Naomi Antony reports on: A free editing service for developing country researchers who... More »
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Research Database for Africa
Database aims to put African research on the map 15 June 2009, on SciDev.Net, Munyaradzi Makoni reports that: An attempt to make African science more visible by tracking the... More »
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Avoiding Climate-Driven Food Crisis in Africa
Averting a climate-led food crisis in Africa Local crop varieties could provide solutions to temperature rises. Reporting in Nature, 19 June 2009, Natasha Gilbert writes: African... More »
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Combatting Africa's Brain Drain
African Scientists Ask G8+5 To Join Battle Against 'Brain Drain' Cate Jensen reports on the U.S. National Academies Website on June 11, 2009 that: For many decades, some... More »
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Earth's Marine Fisheries
Management Effectiveness of the World's Marine Fisheries Press release from PLoS Biology According to the most recent report on the status of the world's fisheries by the United... More »
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Science Academies on Climate Change
Science Academies Urge Faster Response to Climate Change In a joint statement, the science academies of the G8 countries, plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa,... More »
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Adaptation to Climate Change
Fund Promotes African Adaptation to Climate Change David Njagi and Naomi Antony report on SciDev.Net 22 July 2009 that, Africa's most marginalised communities will be able to... More »
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Report: A Future Within Reach 2008
This report, A Future Within Reach 2008, on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been released by ESCAP, ADB and the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Millennium Development... More »