A scheme to improve rural Zambia's communication infrastructure is just one project on the Global Research Alliance's agenda.

Cultivation of cardamom can be detrimental to the health of tropical forests say two new studies.

An Egyptian scientist' has been awarded a prestigious prize for designing an antenna that could facilitate mobile network upgrades.

As South Asia gets a knowledge platform to promote climate-resilient agriculture, experts warn it must reach the region's poor farmers.

Pakistan’s impressive rise in nanotech research publications has been hit by funding shortages.

South-South collaboration is falling back, due to both political and financial crises.

Lack of reliable forest data may prevent Sri Lanka from quickly accessing carbon reduction funds.

Pakistan’s farmers and scientists argue over the success of GM cotton.

West African farmers have teamed up with Australian scientists to design a training programme for cotton producers in 14 African countries.

Delegates at an all-Africa conference on science, technology and innovation say innovation and entrepreneurship should be taught in universities.

A new application uses satellite data to monitor forest fires in Nepal and Bhutan.

Some BRICS countries have joined eight developed nations to create a new funding mechanism for international environmental research.

African policymakers and farmers stand to benefit from an innovative tool to provide integrated data on agriculture, ecosystems and human well-being.

Most people in Senegal believe media coverage of science and technology is inadequate and science journalists are untrained, a survey suggests.

Ecuador's plans to boost its knowledge economy by building a city that will host a science university and at least 15 R&D centres.

India’s crop research gets ignored, with priority given to atomic energy, defence and space in the 2012-13 outlay for science.

Nepal’s new national biotechnology centre is expected to boost research in the sector.

Critics blame Bolivia's lack of scientific and technical expertise for delays in exploiting its vast natural reserves of valuable lithium.

The transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to the market place will become a key focus of Egypt's science strategy.

Tribal people in the hills of Tamil Nadu have better knowledge of millet varieties than taxonomists, a study shows.