Tweet More women teachers and better teaching methods will encourage girls to engage with science, says science educator Minella Clutario Alarcon. The lack of women scientists in high positions is quite common in both developed and developing countries. But in many developing countries, women find it particularly difficult to participate in science. Several obstacles stand... 

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 Source: SCIEDEV ‘Hard’ data are rare in Africa, and journalists mostly have to make do with rough estimates and half-empty spreadsheets. So we should pore over fresh new data sets when they appear, shouldn’t we? It seems not. Last month, the African Union finally launched the first African Innovation Outlook — a survey of African research, development... 

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...