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A farming research centre is set to open in Mozambique with funding, seeds and advice from China.

The United States has launched a fund to promote Islamic technology, the latest step in fulfilling President Obama's promises to the region.

Strong intellectual property rights do not always ease the transfer of climate technologies and may even hinder it, claims a study.

A UN conference has made an urgent call for developed countries to transfer climate-friendly technologies to the developing world.

Leaders of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, which opened this week, have stated their global aims.

Nigerian universities are targeting closer relationships with industry to unlock research languishing in laboratories.

The African Union looks set to demand US$67 billion a year for technology transfer, training of scientists and data collection.

Chile has launched a renewable energy centre to promote technology transfer and provide information about renewable energy in the country.

Technologies that drive China's agricultural success could be used in Africa to boost food production, says a report.

India has said that it will not agree to emission reduction targets, given that it has among the lowest emissions per capita.

Adaptation technologies are losing out in the climate change negotiations because they lack a single champion, say agencies.

Poor countries need to improve their surveillance and research capacity to reduce the damage climate change will do to health, says a report.

A new forum for technology transfer will aid the sharing of homegrown technologies across the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

With the official opening of its US$800 million science park in its capital, Doha, Qatar is pursuing its ambitions for a high-tech future.

The world's poor are likely to benefit from key science-related appointments in the president-elect's administration.

The Middle East's first synchrotron, which opened last month, still has to find US$19 million for its planned 2.5 GeV machine.

Incremental changes do not work when it comes to sustainable technologies, says UN climate chief Yvo de Boer.

Peru has signed scientific cooperation agreements with Spain and El Salvador, and is planning joint projects with Ecuador.

The country's S&T minister has announced that Buenos Aires will be the first Latin American branch of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

Cuba and Austria have signed cooperation agreements to develop new alternative sources for stimulating the rational use of energy.