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Africa: Website Provides Farmers With Fertilizer News
12 03 2010 Food insecurity on the African continent is severely aggravated by a depletion of nutrients in the soil that leads to a decrease in soil productivity.
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Cameroon: Commonwealth - Researchers, Scientists Exhibit Discoveries
12 03 2010 The science and technology exhibitions started at the Yaounde National Advanced School of Engineering yesterday.
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Uganda: Raise Funds for Science Subjects, Govt Told
11 03 2010 Vice-chancellors from all Ugandan universities have called for increased funding for science subjects in secondary schools. The chancellors said the Government had not shown commitment in promoting science and technology.
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East Africa: Scientists to Fight Pests, Crop Diseases
10 03 2010 With the ever increasing inter-state co-operation and dependence, there is need to devise ways of fighting diseases and pests that affect crops, animals and humans in the entire eastern African region.
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Africa: Africa Urged to Embrace Agro-Biotech
10 03 2010 Experts have urged African countries to embrace agro-biotechnology to address food insecurity on the continent.
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Nigeria: Science Olympiad - 30 Students Qualify for Next Round
10 03 2010 Thirty students have qualified for the second round of the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO), held at the Bells Secondary Schools Otta, Ogun State.
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Eritrea: Minister Urges Farmers to Apply Scientific Methods So As to Obtain Bumper Harvest
09 03 2010 The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Arefaine Berhe, called on the farming community to foster close relations with agricultural experts so that they may obtain bumper harvest through applying scientific methods at low expense. He made the remarks in a course of a visit to the deposit, distribution and processing center of animal feed and farmland for that purpose in the Southern region, during which he held a meeting with members of the dairy farm cooperatives.
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Science and Technology Should Serve Society
08 03 2010 A Message from Commonwealth Secretary-General HE Kamalesh Sharma on Commonwealth Day 8 March 2010
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Africa: Fears Over Planned Cut in Research Funding
08 03 2010 The future of studies on forests across Africa hangs in the balance following the planned withdrawal of financial support to the African Forest Research Network, a continental body that funds forestry research, by its main donor.
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Egypt: Egypt Says It Will Propel African Science Agenda
06 03 2010 Egypt has vowed to "maintain momentum" in building African science and technology (S&T) capacity when it takes over as chair of the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST) this month.
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Africa: Genetically Altered Mosquitoes Could Help Fight Dengue Fever
05 03 2010 Last week, the US National Academy of Sciences published a study suggesting that genetically modified mosquitoes could help fight dengue fever.
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Kenya: Scientists Launch Clones to Boost Tea Output
05 03 2010 The Tea Research Foundation (TRF) has launched two new clones that yield at least 50 per cent more leaf output than the varieties in the market.
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Uganda: Country to Host Agro-Biotechnology Meeting
04 03 2010 Uganda will host an International conference on Agro-biotechnology, Biosafety and Seed system that will highlight, discuss challenges and opportunities of safe biotechnology application in developing counties.
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Namibia: Local Groups Must Get Biodiversity Benefits
04 03 2010 AFRICA wants to see an internationally legal binding regime in place to ensure that the continent benefits from its biodiversity.
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Nigeria: Academy of Science Presents 'Science in Action'
04 03 2010 The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) last week presented 'Science in Action', a report that provides overview of the current status of maternal, newborn and child health in sub-Saharan Africa to the public.
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Uganda: New Banana Breed to Reduce Malnutrition
03 03 2010 POOR Ugandans living in rural and urban areas suffering from chronic under-nutrition will have access to two bio-fortified banana cultivars - matooke and sweet bananas by 2016.
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Africa: Nepad, Ilri Unveil Fund for Agriculture
02 03 2010 A new fund to improve eastern Africa's crop productivity and efficiency in agricultural processing has been set up with a $10.6 million kitty.
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Uganda: Country Partners With India in Pilot Banana Fibre Research
02 03 2010 Uganda and India leading producers of bananas in the world have joined hands to conduct research into the textile potential of the banana fibre, a part of the banana tree mostly considered waste material.
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Nigeria: Futo Gets N130 Million Geo-Science Workroom
01 03 2010 The N130 million Mini-Geoscience Workroom donated to the Geo-Sciences Department, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, by ExxonMobil, has been commissioned.
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Tunisia: More Dinosaur Fossils Discovered in Southern Tunisia
01 03 2010 Tunisian and foreign geologists have recently discovered fossils of herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs on a mountain near the southern villages of Chenini and Douiret in the governorate of Tataouine.
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Tanzania: Science Must Benefit Mankind
01 03 2010 A Tanzanian scientist who last year narrowly missed being appointed Unesco director general has said he would continue to pursue science diplomacy for the benefit of the world.
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Africa: Network Will Bolster African Fisheries Research
26 02 2010 A new African network is aiming to increase the number of aquaculture and fisheries scientists on the continent and boost its dwindling fish stocks.
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Ghana: Kite to Remove Bottlenecks in Solar Industry
26 02 2010 The Kumasi Institute of Technology Energy and Environment (KITE) said on Tuesday that it will begin " a vibrant " campaign for the removal of bottlenecks hampering the development of the solar energy sub-sector in Ghana.
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South Africa: A Break With Old Ways of Seeking the New
25 02 2010 THRIVING science, technology and innovation are vital to SA's economic growth and development. The government has recognised this, and in recent years has planned and initiated various programmes that seek to bolster the country's innovation output.
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Nigeria: FG Partners World Body On U.S. $4.3 Million Science Training Project
25 02 2010 The World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) has named Nigeria as a key partner in the second phase of its ambitious Science Journalism training project for Africa and Middle East.
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