Thoughts to ponder for those in Africa who believe in mimicry rather than adaptation and self-generation, Kishore Mahbubani wrote in the FT: ...the strengths of Asian capitalism are greater than ...

In the late afternoon sun, we visit a camp called Kandhkot in Sindh, organized and run fully by the Mahvesh and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation. Fields of green sprawl in the distance, but the 100 ...

Daniel Debouck, a world expert on Phaseolus and the manager of CIAT's genebank, is to be awarded the Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources. This is well-deserved recognition of three ...

There is a perception out there that there is a tradeoff between social responsibility and financial responsibility. You can't do both, people say. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Well, ...

The Union for Sustainable Democracy recently released this statement: Prime Minister Tsvangirai must order Chombo's investigation The Union for Sustainable Democracy urges Zimbabwean Prime ...

By Sam Kendall There are 100 or more different microfinance institutions in Tajikistan, a country slightly smaller than Wisconson. Is this an over-saturation of the market? -Maybe. But if it is, ...

The people of Dunga, a settlement in the Tamale Metropolitan Area, drink from a dam which is usually polluted with human excreta. Due to the poor source of water, several members of the community ...

Stake holders on primary health care and water sanitation in Bauchi State have embarked on ‘operation clean your environment' as part of measures put in place to control the spread of cholera in ...

Photos by Ned Knocker: We met a group of 6 white (or grass ) rhinos on the way to school..... There are 11 in total in Nairobi National Park; one of the translocated females gave birth justs ...

Residents living along the Nakivubo Channel in Namuwongo Zone B, one of the most unhygienic slums in the city, have asked the Government to improve sanitation there to fight malaria. Mosquitoes ...

That's the rather arresting finding of new research from the University of Texas, published in the journal Energy (which should be behind a paywall, but someone's helpfully posted it here). The ...

This morning, as we were preparing the ship for the next leg of our journey, we got the news that another oil rig, the Vermillion 380, has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, risking the lives of at ...

Hundreds of participants are expected to attend the Annual Meeting of New Champions in Tianjin from 13-15 September 2010. Driving growth through sustainability is fundamental for global, national ...

By Rezwan Groundviews debates the recent proposal of the Sri Lankan President to make changes to the constitution via an urgent bill titled "The 18th Amendment", which seeks to remove the two ...

By Rezwan Three Pakistani cricket players accused of spot-fixing scandals have been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and many Pakistanis are blaming the said cricketers for ...

Has anyone else noticed the cars on our Zimbabwean roads that are serving as mobile discos? If you travel at all at night, I am sure you know what I mean. You too have probably seen those SUVs and ...

. . . with thanks to Ginny and Kate The earth has warmed – bare feet on warm soil aaahhhhhh the air is filled with the perfume of jasmine and syringa and the canopy of new flushed Masasa glows ...

By Rezwan Mohamed Naahii predicts about Maldives' next presidential elections.

Over on the Political Climate blog, Andrew Pendleton has been musing on the difference between the 2005 ‘make poverty history’ and ‘stop climate chaos’ campaigns. In his view the climate ...

Read at : http://www.aatf-africa.org/wema/ Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) Africa is a drought-prone continent, making farming risky for millions of small-scale farmers who rely on ...