http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on science & innovation policy and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/news/ African science is unlikely to be prioritised at next month's G8 meeting but the fault also rests with African nations, say critics.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/african-science-won-t-be-a-g8-priority-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyThu, 02 Jul 2009 02:11:28 GMTA new US$49 million initiative aims to strengthen health research capacity across Africa — and will put African researchers in charge.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/africa-takes-the-lead-in-health-research-partnersh.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyThu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMTA nomination by US president Barack Obama has the potential to strengthen his country's relations with the developing world.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/obama-appointee-could-boost-us-developing-world-re.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyTue, 30 Jun 2009 04:14:36 GMTShould African governments be following the trend in appointing chief scientific advisors, asks Linda Nordling.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/africa-analysis-who-needs-chief-scientific-advisor.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:27:56 GMTDespite a difficult financial climate in Pakistan, the government has increased funding for science by a quarter.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/pakistani-science-receives-funding-boost.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyMon, 29 Jun 2009 02:46:05 GMTMalawi's newly re-elected president has plans for science and technology, including a new commission to coordinate research.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/malawi-to-boost-investment-in-science.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyFri, 26 Jun 2009 03:38:59 GMTPoor countries may become more open to sharing seeds now that a fund to support their crop protection efforts has been agreed.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/deadlock-broken-on-international-seed-sharing.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyThu, 25 Jun 2009 03:43:35 GMTBiofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/sudan-sets-its-sights-on-biofuels.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyThu, 25 Jun 2009 03:38:17 GMTA GM mosquito is being tested for dengue control, Nepal boosts scientist–farmer collaboration, a new source of biodiesel is found and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/south-asia-news-in-brief-11-24-june-2009.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyWed, 24 Jun 2009 03:33:21 GMTVenezuelan science is falling foul of the government's agenda warns Claudio Bifano, president of the country's science academy.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/venezuelan-science-in-jeopardy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyTue, 23 Jun 2009 03:27:13 GMTEssential field trials of GM trees are being hindered by anti-GM activists working through the Convention on Biological Diversity, say Steven H. Strauss and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/gm-tree-research-blocked-by-impossible-recommendat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyThu, 18 Jun 2009 01:33:07 GMTA report on African competitiveness has revealed Kenya, South Africa and Tunisia to be the continent's top innovators.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/kenya-south-africa-tunisia-top-innovation-poll.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyWed, 17 Jun 2009 03:08:43 GMTA layered and cooperative approach would help Southern African countries harmonise their biosafety laws, says Julius Mugwagwa.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/a-layered-approach-to-biosafety-in-southern-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:38:48 GMTThe Egyptian research community is set to get a boost with a new digital library and discounted access to top international journals.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/egypt-to-get-digital-science-library.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyTue, 16 Jun 2009 02:15:15 GMTAdaptation technologies are losing out in the climate change negotiations because they lack a single champion, say agencies.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/report-highlights-patchy-oversight-for-adaptation-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyTue, 16 Jun 2009 02:00:56 GMTThe Colombian government has launched a programme for training up scientists from primary school to postdoctoral level.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/colombia-to-double-number-of-phds-by-2019.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:16:37 GMTAfrican scientists have asked members of the G8+5 to help the continent stem brain drain and rebuild its university sector.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/africa-calls-on-world-s-richest-to-curb-brain-drai.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyFri, 12 Jun 2009 04:03:57 GMTThe executive director of the Gates Foundation tells SciDev.Net why he is throwing conventional research proposals into the bin.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/q-a-tadataka-yamada-and-wild-science-ideas.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyFri, 12 Jun 2009 01:36:57 GMTScience and technology minister Professor Romain Murenzi says science and technology will be at the heart of Rwanda's development strategies.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/rwanda-looks-to-s-t-to-speed-development.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyThu, 11 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMTSouth Africa's new science minister will help boost science for development, says an editorial in the South African Journal of Science.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/new-south-african-minister-will-put-science-centre.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_scienceandinnovationpolicyThu, 11 Jun 2009 09:53:24 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/