Skip Navigation

Agriculture & Environment

Agriculture & Environment Image

Producing enough food for a rapidly growing population, and taking care of our planet are two of the world's biggest challenges.

Opinions and Analysis

Farmer transplanting rice Bringing agriculture and health back together

Agriculture and health experts must work together to tackle disease, poverty and malnutrition, says development expert Jeff Waage.

24 August 2010 | EN | 中文

Medical assistant treat wounded in Haiti Social networks can warn of disease after disasters

Social networks quickly gather data on possible disease outbreaks after natural disasters, writes biosurveillance expert James Wilson.

11 August 2010 | EN | ES

Policy Briefs

Controlling insect pests with GM technology

Genetically modified insects provide a new method for controlling insect-borne diseases and agricultural insect pests.

8 July 2010 | EN
Source: The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Farmer field school in Ethiopia Mobilising local institutes to aid rural adaptation

Local institutions are key to helping rural smallholders mitigate and adapt to climate change.

22 April 2010 | EN
Source: CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi)


News and Features

Special attention will be given to agricultural communication China to double science communicators by 2020

China hopes to increase its number of science communicators two-fold, focusing on rural areas in an attempt to close the knowledge gap.

8 September 2010 | EN

water pumo Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 26 August–8 September 2010

Lack of funding keeps HIV prevention gel at bay, African S&T must be mainstreamed, Africa urged to invest in water storage, and more.

8 September 2010 | EN

Paraguay to set up biosafety committee

6 September 2010 | ES
Source: Paraguay.com, La Nación, Biodiversidad en A.L.C.

Practical Guides

Logging in Papua New Guinea Navigating your way around a REDD story

Tips for journalists reporting on issues surrounding the proposed scheme to pay developing countries to protect their forests.

16 December 2009 | EN
Source: Panos London