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Where did the IPCC go wrong?

Stricter adherence to peer review rules and a less imperious attitude might have saved the IPCC from its embarrassment over the publication of false claims, argues climate change expert Mike Hulme.

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No GM eggplant here

India won't be growing GM aubergine until everyone is convinced it is safe, says the government

Go wild with cassava

Wild and indigenous species of cassava can be highly nutritious and well-adapted to environmental stresses

Are GM crops 'pro-poor'?

Do GM crops really deliver benefits to poor farmers? Agricultural researcher Dominic Glover suggests not

GM giant

China wants to start large-scale planting of GM crops

New ways to fund R&D

A WHO group did support radical ways of increasing disease R&D, argues a member

Ending the scourge of diarrhoea

A vaccine against rotavirus works even in developing country conditions

India gets organised on climate research

India plans to fill a climate "knowledge gap" with its new network

Networking needs

Professional societies springing up across Africa need funds and enthusiasm to networking to succeed

Improving nutrition

A collection examining hurdles to improving nutrition in the developing world and how to overcome them

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UNESCO is about science, too

Lidia Brito, the new head of science policy at UNESCO, tells SciDev.Net of her plans.

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