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Jamaica and four other Caribbean countries have been granted US$1.7 million to reduce the biodiversity threat of invasive alien species.

South African researchers have lodged an appeal against their government's rejection of a genetically modified potato.

China has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.

Tanzanian farmers to receive training, new tool improves antimalarial dosage, South Africa's top satellite unable to send data, and more.

Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.

Pakistan's Biological Safety Association has been reinvigorated with new powers in a drive to enhance biosafety regulations in the country.

Pakistan to receive expertise from China, making fertiliser from human faeces, Maldives ministers dive to highlight climate change, and more.

Plants genetically engineered to contain antibodies have protected chickens against a parasitic disease.

Against expectations, West African rice varieties have interbred in the field — and war may have helped these improved hybrids spread.

Pests, disease and post-harvest problems are drastically reducing crop yields, a summit has heard, and quick technical fixes are a priority.

Vaccine to tackle fatal livestock disease, farmers to benefit from agricultural radio shows, Kenya researcher wins top prize, and more.

Biofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.

The Mexican government has given the green light to the experimental sowing of GM maize, causing protests across the country.

Researchers say that a chemical-free arsenic decontamination method is proving successful in an Indian village.

The Indian government will now consult the public before deciding whether to agree with regulators and approve GM aubergine.

Scientists and farmers from Peru and Ethiopia will defend agrobiodiversity through the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge.

The African Biosafety Network of Expertise can now begin building African countries' biosafety knowhow in earnest.

Scientists produce biofuel from water hyacinths, global climate models adjusted for local use, Bhutan to introduce Hib vaccine, and more.

Local knowledge forms the backbone of a programme in Benin that aims to help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change.

Africa is starting to produce more food for its people by embracing farming technology, according to a new UN report.