Putting hardy small millets back on the menu
10:00am By SciDevThis audio slideshow covers a project to bring this neglected cereal back to South Asia’s fields…Smallholder farmers ‘remain left out of most R&D’
7:00am By SciDevToo many agricultural research projects do not truly integrate farmers’ knowledge, a meeting has…Focus on Disability: Tackling the horror of landmines
Thu 10:00am By SciDev
Anti-landmine campaigns are rightly becoming part of bigger discussions about inclusion, says Sue…Syria’s ICARDA falls to rebels, but research goes on
Thu 7:00am By SciDev
By promising fighters its crops, the drylands research institute has managed to continue work in its…Tool built to help pick Sustainable Development Goals
May 21, 2014, 1:00 pm By SciDevThe mechanism is designed to help policymakers ensure that the next set of global goals are…Why efforts to spread novel lCTs often fail
May 21, 2014, 12:00 pm By SciDev
Traditional methods of ‘scaling’ information and communications technologies are flawed, says…Mixed readiness for tsunamis in the Caribbean
May 20, 2014, 12:00 pm By SciDev
Three-quarters of the region’s nations have emergency plans, but many remain vulnerable, a meeting…Tourism meets tsunami preparedness in the Caribbean
May 20, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDev
Emergency planers are facing some opposition to their tsunami preparedness measures from…Latin America trains its eyes on better science journalism
May 20, 2014, 10:00 am By SciDev
How is work to improve science coverage faring across the diverse region, ask Cecilia Rosen and…View on Migration: A rare chance to plan a refugee camp
May 20, 2014, 3:20 am By SciDevHaving a year to design Jordan’s Azraq camp allowed research to be used in unprecedented ways,…Nigerian scientists wary of anti-malarial GM mosquitoes
May 19, 2014, 11:00 am By SciDev
They fear GM mosquitoes could spread beyond release sites and also produce unplanned hybrid…Tsunami conspiracy theories in the Caribbean
May 19, 2014, 10:00 am By SciDev
Some delegates at a tsunami research meeting worry they are being kept in the dark about an…Milking venomous snakes in Thailand
May 19, 2014, 8:40 am By SciDev
This image gallery shows a Thai centre that produces antivenom for treating venomous snake bites.Is science journalism ignoring censorship?
May 19, 2014, 7:00 am By SciDev
All science reporters should be aware of censorship’s impact on their field — and robust…Project mixes local, expert know-how to predict weather
May 18, 2014, 3:00 am By SciDevA project in Tanzania is tapping a mix of indigenous and scientific knowledge to aid weather…Hotter nights may cause rice yields to fall
May 17, 2014, 2:00 am By SciDev
Scientists worry about the negative effect of rising night temperature on the yields of Asia’s…Dating site tech inspires health research website
May 16, 2014, 1:00 pm By SciDev
Other tips for researchers and for open collaboration on neglected tropical diseases are showcased…PhDs in Focus: Building electron microscopy in Botswana
May 16, 2014, 11:40 am By SciDevIn this podcast, Stephan Coetzee talks about his career as an electron microscope scientist and PhD…Peer reviewers ‘harming alliances with local expertise’
May 16, 2014, 8:00 am By SciDev
Scientists prune projects with civil society or social sciences, benefitting agribusiness instead of…Is polio making a comeback?
May 16, 2014, 7:00 am By SciDevIn this podcast, anthropologist Heidi Larson discusses the WHO-declared polio emergency.
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