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Jatropha will not be saving the world anytime soon, say researchers, but it could work in local biofuel projects in developing countries.

Ambitious reforms aimed at meeting the world's food demands lie ahead for the agency that networks agricultural research in poor regions.

Climate change is a reality in developing regions, who say the international community must not neglect better adaptation strategies.

An agricultural scientist whose work in sorghum improvement has benefited African farmers has won the World Food Prize.

Locking carbon away as charcoal in the soil could help to mitigate climate change but whether it will work in practice remains a mystery.

Developing world farmers are leading the way in the adoption of genetically modified crops.

Is hydroponics — a system using no soil and very little water — a route to increased food security? Some Cape Verdean farmers think so.

Florence Wambugu, winner of the 2008 YARA prize for African agriculture, speaks to SciDev.Net about the challenges facing the field.

Afghan farmers are weaning themselves off illegal poppy cultivation and branching out into other crops, reports T. V. Padma.

Tanzania's land is gradually being reclaimed, thanks to a new regional development programme and improved land management systems.

A Brazilian farming method that is greener and boosts growth is reaching its small farmers and maybe the world, reports Bernardo Esteves.

Adam Barclay reports on how 2,000 rice farmers in Bangladesh have stopped using insecticides without reducing yields, resulting in an average 17 per cent increase in profits.

Joshua Newton explores the controversy raging in India over the effects of the pesticide endosulfan, and reports on claims that large pesticide companies are influencing the government.

Kirsten Macleod describes how the exposure of potato farmers to chemical insecticides in Ecuador appears to be impairing their ability to make good farming decisions.