Tweet A conflict between climate adaptation and food security policies shows we must create the right conditions for change, says Blessings Chinsinga. The adverse effects of climate change on the livelihoods of the rural poor can no longer be ignored. They are threatening to cause tremendous damage to agriculture, which is a critical source of income for most people around... 

Tweet Developing countries will benefit from creating more opportunities that allow women to make full use of their scientific capabilities. One reason frequently cited for the low level of scientific activity in the developing world is a lack of resources. Yet there is a readily available resource that, for a complex web of social and cultural reasons, is still too often... 

Tweet Sub-Saharan Africa can improve access to electricity services by adapting ‘Smart Grid’ technologies to suit the region’s pressing needs, say energy experts led by Morgan Bazilian, special advisor to the director-general of UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). At least 585 million people lack access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa and... 

Tweet More research and sharing of best practice could minimise the environmental impacts of aquaculture, and maximise its potential to alleviate food insecurity, according to a report by the WorldFish Center and the non-profit organisation Conservation International. Almost half of all seafood consumed originates from aquaculture — the farming of aquatic animals and plants...