The Lower Tana River Forest (LTRF) Complex faces a major threat from human encroachment.
Farm Radio Trust (FRT) will carry out a three-year research study starting in 2018 to find out how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) impacts on agricultural productivity in Malawi.
This article addresses the link between research on adaptation to climate change and the related policy environment in which it operates.
Concern over future food security in southern Africa has led to various studies that assess the
impact of climate change on crops in the region. The results vary according to applied methods and
Recommendations drawn from project findings suggest development of an appropriate institutional framework to form a strong basis for equitable distribution of water for irrigation in areas most vulnerable to extreme climate events.
Cape Town is internationally renowned for its beaches and coastal beauty.
The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an
The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.
Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.
The benefits of irrigation have been questioned with regard to the increase in malaria incidences. Are mosquito breeding grounds possibly being created by implementation of irrigation programs?