http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on agriculture & environment and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/news/ Simply reducing livestock farming in developing countries will neither cut emissions nor benefit the poor, says livestock expert Carlos Seré.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/no-simple-solution-to-livestock-and-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:41:45 GMTJamaica and four other Caribbean countries have been granted US$1.7 million to reduce the biodiversity threat of invasive alien species.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/jamaica-to-tackle-species-threatening-biodiversity.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:28:26 GMTSouth African researchers have lodged an appeal against their government's rejection of a genetically modified potato.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/gm-potato-gets-roasting-in-south-africa-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:55:05 GMTChina has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/china-s-nitrogen-emissions-could-worsen-pollution.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:38:09 GMTTanzanian farmers to receive training, new tool improves antimalarial dosage, South Africa's top satellite unable to send data, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-22-october-4-november-2009.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:22:32 GMTAn editorial in The Lancet highlights the extent of undernutrition in the developing world and calls for urgent global action.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/global-community-must-urgently-tackle-undernutrition-2.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 04 Nov 2009 12:28:38 GMTPork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/tapeworm-link-with-epilepsy-far-higher-than-thought.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentMon, 02 Nov 2009 03:34:58 GMTPakistan's Biological Safety Association has been reinvigorated with new powers in a drive to enhance biosafety regulations in the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biosafety-back-on-the-agenda-in-pakistan.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentFri, 30 Oct 2009 01:29:19 GMTPakistan to receive expertise from China, making fertiliser from human faeces, Maldives ministers dive to highlight climate change, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/south-asia-news-in-brief-15-29-october-2009.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentThu, 29 Oct 2009 10:43:06 GMTSix experts, writing in The New York Times, discuss options for ensuring food security in the face of growing populations and climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/can-gm-food-mitigate-world-hunger-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 28 Oct 2009 05:06:53 GMTPlants genetically engineered to contain antibodies have protected chickens against a parasitic disease.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/chickens-immunised-by-gm-peas.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 28 Oct 2009 03:35:47 GMTAgainst expectations, West African rice varieties have interbred in the field — and war may have helped these improved hybrids spread.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/war-may-have-spread-hybrid-rice.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentTue, 27 Oct 2009 03:20:46 GMTPests, disease and post-harvest problems are drastically reducing crop yields, a summit has heard, and quick technical fixes are a priority.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/technical-fixes-needed-to-stem-crop-losses.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentFri, 23 Oct 2009 03:57:29 GMTVaccine to tackle fatal livestock disease, farmers to benefit from agricultural radio shows, Kenya researcher wins top prize, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-8-21-october-2009-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 21 Oct 2009 03:14:59 GMTPracticalities of trading carbon and protecting forests make meeting high expectations for REDD hard, say Esteve Corbera and Manuel Estrada.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/not-ready-for-redd--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:08:19 GMTBiofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/world-needs-sophisticated-biofuel-approach-urges-report.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentTue, 20 Oct 2009 05:11:20 GMTThe Mexican government has given the green light to the experimental sowing of GM maize, causing protests across the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/mexico-to-allow-gm-maize.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentTue, 20 Oct 2009 03:13:10 GMTResearchers say that a chemical-free arsenic decontamination method is proving successful in an Indian village.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indian-arsenic-clean-up-working-well-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentFri, 16 Oct 2009 06:10:45 GMTThe Indian government will now consult the public before deciding whether to agree with regulators and approve GM aubergine.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indian-regulator-endorses-first-gm-vegetable.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentFri, 16 Oct 2009 04:31:39 GMTScientists and farmers from Peru and Ethiopia will defend agrobiodiversity through the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/peru-and-ethiopia-team-up-to-defend-biodiversity.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironmentFri, 16 Oct 2009 03:30:34 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/