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Nigeria set to promote learning of science, mathematics

5:40 pm | Nigeria has expressed its commitment to promote the teaching and learning of science and mathematics…

Nigeria prepares five-year research plan to stop sleeping sickness,

5:30 pm | The federal government of Nigeria is drawing up a five-year strategic plan for the research,…

Ghana launches miniature satellite

5:22 pm | Ghana has launch its first satellite as part of its new space programme, as college…

Climate change will cause loss of common plants, animals

12:26 pm | More than half of common plants and one third of the animals could see a…

Educating women may improve food security in Africa

12:12 pm | African women have a key role in their families’ food security. Information campaigns targeting female…

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Nigeria set to promote learning of science, mathematics

5:40 pm | Nigeria has expressed its commitment to promote the teaching and learning of science and mathematics at basic and secondary school levels. …

Confusion over South Africa National Aids Vaccine Plan

2:49 pm | Civil rights groups and communities have expressed their concerned about the failure of the Department of Health to release the National Aids Vaccine Strategic Plan (NAVSP) for 2013-2017. …

Getting Universities to engage in biotechnology policy dialogue

8:03 am | By George Achia Kenyan universities have been challenged to actively engage in biotechnology policy dialogue and advise the government on the latest and best biotechnology innovations. Speaking at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Nairobi, Kenya, Prof. Calestous Juma of Harvard Kennedy School noted that African Universities have played very negligible role…

Ghana launches miniature satellite

5:22 pm | Ghana has launch its first satellite as part of its new space programme, as college students send a tiny model satellite the size of a coke can 200 yards into the air. …

Uganda pro-GMO activists advocate for enabling law

3:15 pm | Ugandan pro-biotechnology activists are calling for an expedited legislation to enable access by farmers to crops genetically-modified (GM) against virulent diseases, pests and drought, if the country is to sustain food production and supply next decades. …

Food & Agric

AGRA calls attention to the place of agriculture in Africa’s growth

12:39 pm | The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) called on global leaders at the World Economic Forum on Africa to recognise agriculture’s rightful place—at the heart of Africa’s growth. …

Educating women may improve food security in Africa

12:12 pm | African women have a key role in their families’ food security. Information campaigns targeting female…

New fund to accelerate agriculture in Africa launched

4:05 pm | A new fund called the Agriculture Fast Track has been launched by the United States,…

Scientists alarmed by spread of Brown Streak Disease in Cassava

5:34 pm | Cassava experts are reporting new outbreaks and the increased spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease…

Environment

Study reveals escalating cost of forest conservation

8:18 pm | In the face of unprecedented deforestation and biodiversity loss, policy makers are increasingly using financial…

Africa’s “Great Green Wall” bears fruit for families In Senegal

6:59 am | Efforts to hold back the Sahara Desert with a wall of vegetation are paying off…

Study calls for inclusion of climate change adaptation to food security investments

3:55 pm | West African policy makers should prepare for future challenges from climate change as they address…

Improving weather forecasting to help farmers adapt to climate change

9:14 pm | Innovations are underway to help Kenyan farmers mitigate and adapt to climate change courtesy of four modern automated weather stations in Taita Taveta County to monitor weather patterns and advice farmers accordingly using various channels.…

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