Model shows pathway to feeding the world
Wed 8:00pmA modelling exercise proves that global hunger can be ended by 2050 if the world cuts back on red meat and eats more nuts.Debate over misconduct stalls Egyptian clinical trials law
Wed 9:00amA controversy over how to deal with misconduct has sent Egypt’s long-awaited clinical trials regulation back to the drawing board.Turkey Halts damming Tigris river
Tue 8:00pmStory published in our MENA editionThe danger is clear in DRC Ebola outbreak
Tue 7:00amZambia stepping up preparedness.Zambia on alert to quash future Ebola cases
Mon 5:29amTraining programme starts in Zambia to help health workers in provinces combat potential Ebola outbreaks.Ismahan Elouafi, agriculture pioneer by chance
Fri 7:00amTrained as a fighter pilot, Ismahan Elouafi fell in love with genetics and rose to the top of her field.Wheat and barley shortage devastates Iraq
Oct 11, 2018, 8:40 amLack of water leads to huge drop in harvest of crucial crops, with amounts useable farmland also shrinking.Half of mental health disorders arise in adolescence
Oct 10, 2018, 4:30 amUse of technology for psychological care, and training for caregivers and teachers to detect early mental disorders: WHO strategies on World Mental Health Day.SciDev.Net joins The Trust Project
Oct 9, 2018, 2:00 amThe global initiative helps readers discern properly reported articles from fake newsUN gives 12-year deadline to crush climate change
Oct 8, 2018, 11:30 amA report urges leaders to act quickly on emission targets limiting dangerous global warming to 1.5 degrees.US prising climate, development apart in IPCC talks
Oct 4, 2018, 8:38 amUS negotiators attempt to disconnect climate and development.Q&A: Morocco’s ‘Argan queen’ put women in charge
Oct 3, 2018, 8:00 pmMoroccan chemist rescues precious desert trees and puts women cooperatives in charge of Argan oil business.UN targets TB for eradication
Oct 3, 2018, 5:50 amNew technologies are the game changers in TB eradication, a UN meeting has heard.Poverty reduction may stall - report
Oct 1, 2018, 10:30 amA decades-long decline in extreme poverty may not last for much longer, a trend driven by demographics in Africa.Brazil faces chronic pollution scenario after mine disaster
Sep 28, 2018, 11:00 amMetals in soils affected by waste spillage in 2015 may lead to long-term environmental damage.The ambassadors for open access standards in the global South
Sep 27, 2018, 11:15 amDeveloping country journals face hurdles on the path to free-flowing knowledge. Fatima Arkin reports on efforts to boost quality.Q&A: Women farmers were ‘made visible by better data’
Sep 25, 2018, 9:45 amClaire Melamed explains how an initiative that aims to scale up data surveys can help agricultural policy.Rich Asia Pacific nations rank poorly on development policies
Sep 23, 2018, 8:00 pmGlobal index based on how well policies support poor nations gives low scores to the region’s wealthiest countries.Climate action held back by conflicting policy in African countries
Sep 21, 2018, 9:37 amClimate change and related policies in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia are inconsistent with efforts to achieve SDGs.The rush for data risks growing the North-South divide
Sep 19, 2018, 1:00 pmThose who control digital, control knowledge — and the economy, argue Laura Mann and Gianluca Iazzolino.
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