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A-maizing: Asia's drought-resistant maize varieties

The first drought-tolerant maize varieties developed by the Asian Maize Network, established to tackle poor harvests, are showing promise.

Source: CIMMYT

16 June 2008 | EN | 中文

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Mutant wheat aiding Kenya food security

A mutant strain of drought-resistant wheat is contributing to Kenya's food security, enabling the use of land previously unsuited to cultivation.

Source: International Atomic Energy Agency

20 May 2008 | EN

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Restoring Tanzania's ecosystems

Tanzania's land is gradually being reclaimed, thanks to a new regional development programme and improved land management systems.

Source: Transformations Quarterly

26 March 2008 | EN

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Managing world's tropical forest spurs debate

The UN supports forest protection in the next climate agreement, but questions on how to tackle deforestation are still being debated.

Source: Nature

14 March 2008 | EN | 中文

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Climate change threatens Mongolian ecosystem

Climate change and overgrazing near Lake Hovsgol in northern Mongolia may cause irreversible damage to the surrounding ecosystem.

Source: Science

6 February 2008 | EN | 中文

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Can crops be climate-proofed?

Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.

11 January 2008 | EN | FR | 中文

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Turning plants into pills in Kenya

Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.

13 December 2007 | EN

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Sugarcane ethanol: Brazil's biofuel success

Brazil's successful sugarcane ethanol industry owes much to massive investment in infrastructure and research, reports Carla Almeida.

6 December 2007 | EN | ES

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Biofuel: Africa's new oil?

Biofuel holds promise for Africa but research is not yet in place to fully reap the rewards, or analyse the pitfalls, reports Kimani Chege.

5 December 2007 | EN | FR | 中文

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Purging Malawi's peanuts of deadly aflatoxin

Local efforts to put an end to aflatoxin outbreaks are helping groundnut farmers back to prosperity, reports Charles Mkoka.

7 November 2007 | EN | FR

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ICTs can close India's urban-rural divide

An eminent Indian scientist believes India can close the urban-rural divide with information technology, writes Daemon Fairless.

Source: Nature

26 October 2007 | EN

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GM crops — Asian farmers have their say

Despite pest and pricing worries, many Asian farmers welcome GM crops. Jia Hepeng heard their stories during a farmers' exchange programme.

24 October 2007 | EN | 中文

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India hops on board the 'jatropha express'

Many Indians have pinned their hopes on the jatropha plant as a source of biofuel that doesn't harm food security, writes Daemon Fairless.

Source: Nature

15 October 2007 | EN

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Poor prediction models for Asian monsoon

Current models cannot properly predict monsoon rainfall in Asia — or how it will be affected by global warming, writes Jagadish Shukla.

Source: Science

12 October 2007 | EN

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Hindsight on African rainfall forecasts

Anthony Patt, Laban Ogallo, and Molly Hellmuth look back over ten years of Climate Outlook Forums for rainfall prediction in Africa.

Source: Science

9 October 2007 | EN

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The rise of Middle East technology parks

The rapid growth of technology parks in the Arab world has so far created more expectations than outcomes, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.

3 October 2007 | EN

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China-Tibet railway not a runaway success

The Quinghai-Tibet railway has now been open for over a year. Jane Qiu evaluates its success and examines the challenges it still faces.

Source: Nature

2 October 2007 | EN | 中文

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Afghanistan's opium dilemma

The UN wants Afghanistan's opium industry destroyed, but legalisation could provide a new source of analgesics for the developing world.

Source: Nature

25 September 2007 | EN | 中文

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Palm oil tries to show its sustainable side

The palm oil industry needs to prove its sustainability and is turning to scientists for ways to minimise harm, reports Richard Stone.

Source: Science

20 September 2007 | EN | 中文

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Pollution control key to beating China's algal blooms

Controlling the amount of pollution that goes into China's Taihu Lake is the key to managing the algal blooms, writes Lucie Guo.

Source: Science

4 September 2007 | EN | 中文