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Sian Lewis explains how remote sensing can be used to manage natural disasters and highlights ongoing efforts and obstacles.

Developing nations are building their own satellites despite freely available Western data. Do the gains outweigh the costs, asks Tatum Anderson.

Post-apartheid South African science faces many challenges but boosts in science spending mean the country is making strides.

Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.

The continent may have plenty of sun, but some African countries are looking to wind power to meet their energy needs.

Remote sensing is crucial for getting the measure of forest loss. Countries don't need their own satellites but they do need training.

An agricultural scientist whose work in sorghum improvement has benefited African farmers has won the World Food Prize.

Can nanosponges solve a continent's water contamination problems? Munyaradzi Makoni investigates.

Using low-soot stoves in Africa and Asia would cut levels of black carbon, which warms the atmosphere.

Fostering a research culture has put Uganda's Makerere University back on its feet and is inspiring others, says Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

Is hydroponics — a system using no soil and very little water — a route to increased food security? Some Cape Verdean farmers think so.

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

The Internet is spreading to villages in the developing world — but sometimes in unexpected ways, reports Katherine Nightingale.

Is a South African row over academic freedom rooted in objections to post-apartheid reforms or to abrasive management, asks Sharon Davis.

Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.

Mozambique's science and technology minister, Venâncio Massingue, tells SciDev.Net how he hopes to ensure that science benefits everyone.

A peanut butter-like paste has been proposed to curb childhood malnutrition, but critics claim there is little evidence for its success.

A mobile phone application called EpiSurveyor proved instrumental in monitoring and containing a polio outbreak in Kenya.

Florence Wambugu, winner of the 2008 YARA prize for African agriculture, speaks to SciDev.Net about the challenges facing the field.

Cassava is getting a transgenic makeover to boost its nutritional value, shelf-life and disease resistance.