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Policy Briefs archive results 1-2 of 2 in Agriculture & Environment and Agri-biotech in Africa

Reducing health and environmental risks of pesticides

Advice for policymakers in southern Africa on how to improve pesticide use and reduce the risks they pose to human health and the environment.

POLICY BRIEF | 6 November 2008 | EN

The case for joint action on biotechnology in Africa

What are the main issues that African nations face in forthcoming negotiations on biotechnology and biosafety?

POLICY BRIEF | 4 June 2007 | EN

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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?

Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels

'Green' solutions

New 'green' technologies can help agriculture adapt to climate change

Still drinking arsenic

Millions of people still drink arsenic-contaminated water despite scientists' solutions

Just add water

Policymakers must improve water storage to help developing countries adapt to climate change

Grain strain

Can China harness new growing techniques to combat climate change around the Yangtze?

Potato battles

South Africa's Agricultural Research Council is challenging the government's ban on a disease-resistant GM potato

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