Shamba Shape-Up, a Kenyan reality TV show, is helping farmers improve the condition and productivity of their farms.

The two branches of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences are flourishing, with more in the planning stage.

Adrian Smith and colleagues explore grassroots innovations, their potential for development and challenges facing practitioners.

SciDev.Net reporters across the developing world describe exciting initiatives aimed at supporting innovation in local communities and remote areas.

As commercial synthetic biology production gathers speed, there are growing calls for greater regulation, reports Yojana Sharma.

The Okavango Research Institute is drawing on African and international expertise to tackle challenges in a broad range of disciplines.

As Ugandan scientists move abroad in search of better remuneration, Esther Nakkazi reports that academics and government disagree about the impact of the exodus.

Interest is growing in tools and innovations that can ease the workload imposed on women farm workers, report M Sreelata and Naomi Antony.

The key to tackling hunger in Africa is enriching its soil, according to a story in Nature. The big debate is how to do it.

Denis Kyetere, executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, outlines his vision for the continent's farmers.

Yuan Tseh Lee, president of the International Council for Science, tells SciDev.Net what scientists must achieve at Rio+20.

SciDev.Net speaks to Vaughan Turekian, editor-in-chief of the AAAS's new quarterly publication, Science & Diplomacy, which launched this week.

The state of Lagos has set up an advisory council to guide it towards becoming an innovation hub for West Africa. Emeka Johnkingsley reports.

India dreams of becoming a scientific powerhouse, but challenges lie ahead, including complex bureaucracy.

Sarah Grimes explores why we need good ocean monitoring, how to get it, and why it still fails Small Island Developing States.

Efforts to protect precious marine biodiversity by combining science and local knowledge are difficult but can work, reports Naomi Antony.

Yojana Sharma describes various proposals for a new panel to monitor progress towards sustainable development after Rio+20.

Can a new network of African energy researchers lead the way on solar power for the continent? Christine Ottery finds out.

Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan talks to SciDev.Net about hopes for science in the Middle East, science diplomacy and the role of women scientists.

An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns.