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

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

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.

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.

SciDev.Net speaks to UN Environment Programme executive director Achim Steiner at the Eye on Earth Summit (12-15 December) about next year's Rio+20.

New technologies offer the promise of delivering environmental information to anyone who wants it, anywhere in the world. But we are not quite there yet.

An organic farmer has invented a mobile phone application called 'iCow', which lets farmers register their herds and receive expert advice.

The recent nuclear scare in Japan has reinforced pressure in China to raise its awareness of the risks of new technologies. Li Jiao reports.

Researchers hope Syria's wild plant varieties could help in the quest to boost crop yields.

Faced with increasing pressure to grow food, and with growing support to test biotechnology, more African countries may start cultivating GM crops.

Engineering plants to convert carbon dioxide into food more efficiently could play a key role in increasing crop yields, scientists say.

Southern Sudan is rebuilding its agricultural research from scratch, but can it attract the diaspora back to help? Paul Jimbo reports.

A range of crops rich in micronutrients will be launched from next year, but is the developing world ready, asks Tatum Anderson?

Climate change will affect the water security of developing countries. Lucinda Mileham explores their priorities as they struggle to cope.

The development of more nutritious cassava varieties — using non-GM methods — could alleviate malnutrition in the developing world.

As Ug99, the deadly fungus blighting African wheat, marches eastward, scientists across the globe are scrambling for ways to outsmart it.

Kenyan meteorologists are joining forces with traditional rainmakers to deliver communities weather forecasts as climate change takes hold.