- SciDev
- 13/10/24 16:00
Local consultation can be helpful for the poorest nations, but scientific know-how is vital, says Roger Williamson.
Local consultation can be helpful for the poorest nations, but scientific know-how is vital, says Roger Williamson.
An international effort to safeguard a test site in Kazakhstan offers lessons for similar sites, says report.
WEDNESDAY 23. OCTOBER 2013
But despite this step, work remains to provide the funding and technical advice needed to implement the convention.
Increased commercial logging and cultural change threaten ancient sustainable livelihoods in Sarawak, Malaysia.
TUESDAY 22. OCTOBER 2013
The time that Jeremy Farrar spent working in Vietnam could influence the UK research charity’s work, say experts.
Only projects that work with existing education systems will improve learning and cut poverty, says Niall Winters.
MONDAY 21. OCTOBER 2013
An all-terrain wheelchair is among 23 finalists for a developing world tech prize to be awarded next week.
‘Interdisciplinary thinkers’ will help science tackle global challenges, says Lina Nilsson in a podcast.
Social media can aid global health, but they also present many risks, according to a World Health Summit session.
SATURDAY 19. OCTOBER 2013
The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World aims to offer help from schools to labs.
FRIDAY 18. OCTOBER 2013
Daniel Beltrá’s photography shows the environmental impacts of one of the world’s biggest hydropower projects.
In places without Internet access, residents can access data in other ways, the World Social Science Forum has heard.
The project's potential impact on water supplies in Egypt and Sudan is causing friction, finds Rehab Abd Almohsen.
THURSDAY 17. OCTOBER 2013
A narrow focus on development problems hinders the delivery of vital, broader knowledge, say experts.
The human right to science is hard to define, but we can conceive of it as a "continuum of access", say experts
Joshua Howgego talks to a biomedical engineer about how equipment loans may work best for developing nations.
WEDNESDAY 16. OCTOBER 2013
Brian Owens hears at the World Social Science Forum how children have helped to study their peers' mobility.
A declaration offers hope that the issue will be included in future global development goals, says UN rapporteur.
Climate change is turning rice cultivation into a losing bet for Nepali farmers.
Our Spotlight focuses on sustainable agriculture and asks how science and technology can help boost productivity within resource limits.
Evaluation of farming systems, new ideas and learning with practitioners should be part of a transformed agriculture.
Farming must feed more people more sustainably. Zareen Bharucha looks at scientific approaches past and present.
Smallholder farmers can aid the uptake of research fruits and drive grassroots innovations. Joel Winston reports.
Agroecology shares family farmers' evolving knowledge — and should go mainstream, says Fernando R. Funes-Monzote.
Assessing the real-world impact of new agronomic practices depends on good economic studies, says David Spielman.