May 18, 2012
- The decline of cocoa and palm oil production can be linked to pesticides that kill pollinators, researchers say.
- The launch of a discussion website about the Rio+20 agenda raises questions about effective management for a successful outcome
May 17, 2012
- A global alliance of health business leaders is harnessing its joint strengths to meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals.
- Vietnam is seeking help from experts in Australia to reduce its levels of tuberculosis, one of the highest in Asia.
May 16, 2012
- A scheme to improve rural Zambia's communication infrastructure is just one project on the Global Research Alliance's agenda.
- Five more African countries have met the Maputo Declaration goal of investing ten per cent of their national budgets in agriculture.
- Farming projects must be able to access research at any point along the innovation trajectory, say Rasheed Sulaiman V. and colleagues.
May 15, 2012
- Next month's meeting in Brazil needs send the right signals to encourage progress on sustainability, says ODI's Claire Melamed.
- Africa's newly revealed groundwater may not be easy to tap into because of political and technical challenges, experts warn.
May 14, 2012
- A capacity-building project on climate change aims to improve food security in the mountains of East Africa.