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African small-scale farmers will benefit from the rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure, with Ghana, Madagascar and Mali first in line.

The UK government has launched a new strategy to help developing countries apply technology to the needs of the poor.

Countries should follow Tanzania and invest in health systems, rather than projects, to meet the MDGs, say researchers.

We need accurate health statistics from developing nations to better direct research and medical interventions, says the WHO's Margaret Chan.

The prime minister of the United Kingdom has urged the global scientific community to use its skills in solving development problems.

Brazil will not achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals as long as progress in Amazon regions continues to lag, according to a report.

Developing countries need a huge increase in water supply if they are to meet the Millennium Development Goal on hunger, say researchers.

Developing countries may fail to meet the Millennium Development Goals' sanitation targets because they lack civil engineering capacity.

China has launched two new carbon trading initiatives to help develop its poorer regions.

An effective communications strategy is key for projects to achieve the millennium development goals, said delegates at a meeting last week.

New research funding by the UK’s overseas aid agency will target key health, agricultural and environmental issues in poor countries.

A senior researcher has said that global efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition will fail without more agricultural research, funding and political will.

Governments in developing countries could save millions of lives each year by paying more attention to chronic diseases, say health specialists.

International goals to tackle hunger, poverty and disease are virtually ineffective because they cannot be measured, says a global development specialist.

An advisor to Kofi Annan has said that China could lead the fight against poverty by producing more Artemesia annua, a plant used in antimalarial drugs.

A UN drive to halve global poverty by 2015 could interfere with simultaneous international efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity, says a major report.

Crop and biodiversity specialists say that focusing research, policy and agricultural practices on 'neglected crops' could help eradicate world hunger.

Halting degradation of the planet's ecosystems is critical to ending world poverty and ensuring sustainable development in the global South, says a major study published yesterday.

The United Nations is set to take greater account of science in its development efforts by creating a high-level advisory panel and appointing a science advisor to Kofi Annan.

A seven-fold increase in spending on 'global research' is part of a blueprint presented to the United Nations for addressing poverty, hunger and disease.