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Wastewater is widely used for irrigation in farmland around many developing country cities, a report finds.

Conversion to croplands in East Africa, fuelled by climate change, will contribute greatly to global warming, predict scientists.

Rice accumulates more arsenic under flooded conditions, say researchers, suggesting benefits for cultivation under aerobic conditions.

African small-scale farmers will benefit from the rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure, with Ghana, Madagascar and Mali first in line.

Some African farmers are using innovative, locally-relevant methods to adapt to their changing environments, according to case studies.

Scientists have developed a method that boosts the yield and slashes the cost of producing biogas from rice-harvest waste.

Development projects that incorporate innovative use of ICTs have been honoured in the Stockholm Challenge Awards in Sweden.

A recent report recommends investing in nanotechnology R&D to boost Indian agricultural productivity.

A new university programme in Ethiopia will develop low-cost ways to reduce post-harvest losses in agriculture.

A global agriculture study has called for an increase in agricultural research to feed the world's growing population sustainably.

Agricultural research must be integrated in order to improve the livelihood of developing nation farmers, say scientists.

Pakistan is contending with the effects of low investment in agricultural research in the last decade.

A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.

The African component of an initiative aiming to provide small farmers with tailor-made rice varieties has been launched in Benin.

A round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 25 February–12 March 2008.

The South Asia Food Security Programme will receive an estimated US$25 million for ten projects addressing food security.

Climate change will cause major agricultural losses in the Middle East and North Africa, warns the UN.

The United Kingdom's development aid agency is joining forces with one of its largest research councils to help developing country agriculture.

An increasing number of farmers in developing nations are growing genetically modified crops, according to a new report.

Two new research papers indicate that biofuel production can carry an unrecognised cost by indirectly increasing carbon emissions.