The hidden dangers of irrigation
Mar 22, 2016, 12:00 pm By SciDevOn World Water Day, hear why some techniques in Kenya should carry a serious health warning.The hidden dangers of irrigation in Kenya
Mar 22, 2016, 12:00 pm By SciDevOn World Water Day, hear why some techniques in East Africa should carry a serious health warning.Bhutan’s quest for alternative energy
Mar 21, 2016, 11:50 am By SciDevShrinking glaciers and a changing economy are forcing the Bhutanese to question their dependence on hydropower.China’s bitter-sweet success at halting forest loss
Mar 21, 2016, 11:00 am By SciDev
Reports of slowing deforestation could mean wood imports simply shift the problem elsewhere, scientists warn.Science plays crucial role in SDG success
Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDev
The Sustainable Development Goals will fail without science — now politics must open up to evidence.Science plays crucial role in SDG success
Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDevThe Sustainable Development Goals will fail without science, now politics must open up to evidence.Tanzanian rice swells yield from salty soil
Mar 21, 2016, 6:00 am By SciDevNew type of rice identified after Japanese tsunami dramatically raises productivity, say Tanzanian researchers.Australia slashes funds for climate science
7:22am By SciDevAustralia’s science agency CSIRO announces cutbacks in important climate research programmes.WHO ups battle against deadly mosquitoes
Thu 1:38pm By SciDev
Eradicating disease-carrying mosquitoes will be part of efforts to meet SDGs, conference hears.Plea for treaty on drug research
Mar 16, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDev
Governments should pool innovation funding and steer R&D efforts, UN panel meeting hears.Mental health matters
Mar 16, 2016, 7:09 am By SciDevOur Spotlight explores mental illness in poverty and conflict — the evidence, stigma and innovations for better care.Mental healthcare is getting imaginative
Mar 16, 2016, 7:08 am By SciDevSpecialists struggle with poor resources and social barriers. But they’re being creative to get people proper care.Mental illness burden and care: Facts and figures
Mar 16, 2016, 7:07 am By SciDevHow do mental disorders affect the poor and who can help? Neerja Chowdhary and Vijay Shankar look at the evidence.Q&A: Online training revives Somalia’s mental healthcare
Mar 16, 2016, 7:06 am By SciDevPsychiatrist Djibril Handuleh explains what it takes to get ICT-based training off the ground in the fragile state.Sponge cuts oil spill clean-up cost
Mar 15, 2016, 4:00 am By SciDev
Basic but super-absorbent polyurethane foam could change how developing nations tackle spills.South African gold mines choke the poor
Mar 14, 2016, 12:00 pm By SciDevAn audio slideshow visits a waste site where poisonous mineral mountains put local people’s health at risk.DFID makes the right noises over Ebola lessons
Mar 14, 2016, 4:00 am By SciDev
Government is committed to learn from disaster, but there are niggling questions over how this works in practice.UAE funds studies into making it rain in the desert
Mar 14, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDev
Three teams will focus on a different element of cloud seeding as part of a programme to boost water suppliesHurdles in path of an African Einstein
Mar 11, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDevA forum of researchers is pushing the continent’s science profile, but missing some important details.African universities urged to focus on maths
Mar 10, 2016, 11:30 am By SciDevWidening teaching of the subject and its use in research can help ease development challenges, experts say.
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