A novel malaria vaccine candidate could be grown at home, by cultivating algae in the backyard, say researchers.

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

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

Monsanto Pakistan has been granted permission to carry out additional trials of GM maize.

Early results from the release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in Brazil are 'positive', say dengue researchers.

After cloning the pashmina goat, scientists are ready to replicate their success with other endangered animals in Kashmir.

Rwandan agriculture researchers are using an X-ray technique developed by the mining sector to improve the nutrition value of beans.

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

Burkina Faso has established a clinic to study improvements to pesticides and insecticides, and help researchers network with farmers.

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

Dozens of NGOs have issued a joint statement urgently calling for the emerging field of synthetic biology to be internationally regulated.

The creation of a CDM Hub in Uganda will give companies training and advice in registering and selling carbon credits.

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

Egyptian researchers claim they can use plants and bacteria to detect and clear landmines, but critics are sceptical.

A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.

Nepal plans to expand its household biogas programme, a model for developing countries, into commercial use.

The benefits to poor farmers of new crop varieties are hotly debated, but a new study shows they can help reduce poverty.

The new model of sustainable development ― the 'green economy' ― could benefit large firms at the expense of the poor, warns a report.

Thousands of rice varieties are in the pipeline for genome sequencing in a major push for crops able to provide better food security.

Malaysia will soon have the technology to speed up crop breeding and aquaculture by analysing DNA for desirable traits.