Great Lakes ministers to revive agricultural research centre
SCIDEV.NET | 14 Mar 2012
Agriculture ministers from Burundi, DRC and Rwanda have agreed to renew funding for a research institute that has been dormant since 2009.
 Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Rwanda | Agriculture

Un laboratoire d'avant-garde sur l'eau au Sénégal
mediaterre.org | 14 Dec 2011
L'Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès (EPT), au Sénégal, a créé en 2010 une nouvelle entité, s'appuyant sur ses équipes oeuvrant dans le domaine de l'eau et de l'environnement: le Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (LASTEE). Ce laboratoire voulait permettre, par une...
 Senegal | Research

Twin Boost for TB Treatment in Swaziland
ips.org | 08 Apr 2011
The fight against tuberculosis in Swaziland will be reinforced on two fronts this month. A new tool for the quick and accurate diagnosis of TB will begin its roll out and a monthly stipend for treatment supporters will help ensure patients get through the lengthy and unpleasant course of TB drugs. Swaziland declared TB a national emergency on Mar. 24, World Tuberculosis Day. Swaziland has an estimated 11,000 TB patients, including 400 who have drug resistant strains of the disease.
 Swaziland | Health and Environment | Planning and Management of Development | Research

African Agricultural R&D in the New Millennium: Progress for Some, Challenges for Many
feedproxy.google.com | 07 Apr 2011
After a decade of stagnation during the 1990s, investments and human resource capacity in public agricultural research and development (R&D) averaged more than 20 percent growth in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) during 2001–2008. In 2008, the region spent $1.7 billion on agricultural R&D (in 2005...
 Access to Information | Agriculture | Research

Africa: 'Toxic Sugar Bait' Could Help Control Malaria
AllAfrica.com | 01 Apr 2011
Extracts from melon and guava, as well as beer and boric acid, can together make an irresistible, yet potentially fatal, trap for mosquitoes in arid and semi-arid areas, according to scientists.
 Biodiversity | Health and Environment | Research

Somalia: Monthly Market Analysis
feedproxy.google.com | 17 Mar 2011
The Somali Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures changes in prices of a fixed minimum basket of goods and services, maintained its upward trend for the fifth month in succession in all regions in February 2011. Month on month inflation increased in all zones, mainly due to the rising prices of sorghum, sugar and milk (Northeast – 9%, Northwest – 6%, South – 5% and Central –2%).
 Somalia | Food Security | Planning and Management of Development | Research

Green Economy Report on the Agenda in Washington D.C.
UNEP | 15 Mar 2011
The Green Economy report assertively challenges the myth that investing in the environment comes at the expense of economic growth.
 Economics and the Environment | Environmental Impacts | Research

Southern Africa: Taking the risk out of subsistence farming
feedproxy.google.com | 08 Mar 2011
Farming is a risky business anywhere in the world, but especially if you are a subsistence farmer in southern Africa, where a few weeks of too much or too little rain can wipe out your one hectare of maize and your ability to feed your family in the coming months.
 Agriculture | Drought | Floods | Research

New World Bank Plan of Support for Africa
feedproxy.google.com | 02 Mar 2011
With Africa facing an unprecedented opportunity to transform itself and improve the lives of its people, the World Bank is responding with a new, ambitious strategy which could help African economies take off, the way the economies of Asia did 30 years ago.
 Economics and the Environment | Planning and Management of Development | Research

UN Environment Programme mourns the loss of Clement Faah
UNEP | 01 Mar 2011
It is with great sadness that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has learned of the death of Nigerian scientist Clement Kemte Nekabari Faah, a valued member of UNEP's Ogoniland project team.
 Nigeria | Environmental Impacts | Research