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Kenyan farmer

Reality TV show gives Kenyan farms a makeover

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

Source: The Guardian

25 May 2012 | EN

Okavango Delta at sunset

Building science bridges in Botswana

The Okavango Research Institute is drawing on African and international expertise to tackle challenges in a broad range of disciplines.

Source: TWAS

24 April 2012 | EN | FR

Indian schoolgirls

Challenges facing India's bid for science 'superpower' status

India dreams of becoming a scientific powerhouse, but challenges lie ahead, including complex bureaucracy.

Source: Science

27 February 2012 | EN

Philippe Mawoko

Q&A: Philippe Mawoko on Africa's new science observatory

Philippe Mawoko, the first head of the African science observatory currently under construction in Equatorial Guinea, speaks to SciDev.Net about the new institution.

29 July 2011 | EN

Science: what has it done for the Millennium Development Goals?

As the UN Millennium Development Goals are scrutinised in New York, SciDev.Net finds out what — if anything — science has contributed.

17 September 2010 | EN | ES | 中文

Talking science: Science cafés in Uganda

Debate between locals and scientists is all the rage in Uganda — and the discussions are being taken to the next generation too.

Source: AllAfrica.com

20 February 2009 | EN

TWAS — torch bearer for science in the developing world

Twenty-five years after TWAS was set up, Yojana Sharma examines whether it is any nearer to achieving its ambitious goals

10 November 2008 | EN | FR | 中文

Smiling for science: the SciFest team inspired hundreds of high school students

Science is not a textbook — it is your life

Christina Scott reports on recent efforts by South African science communicators to build a culture of science in their country.

24 May 2006 | EN

Marcelo Leite, former science editor of Folha de São Paulo

Science journalists: an endangered species in Brazil

Luisa Massarani reports on how science journalism in Brazil is being drastically reduced but the wider world of Brazilian science communication is booming.

4 August 2004 | EN

Science with your cereal

In Central America you can digest nuggets of science along with your breakfast cereal, thanks to a novel public education project. Marco Vargas reports.

12 July 2004 | EN | ES

Brazilian centre to mix science and social conscience

Marcia Triunfol and Jeffrey Mervis reveal one man's vision for a science centre that serves the people in one of Brazil's least developed states.

Source: Science

20 February 2004 | EN