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Recommendations for governments, civil society and international partners on addressing food and nutrition concerns in the context of HIV.

South–South research collaboration can be a powerful strategy for boosting scientific capacity and achieving common goals. But it should not be embraced uncritically, says Athar Osama.

Better integration of science and policy in Africa is crucial for effective adaptation to climate change, concluded an international workshop.

National Adaptation Programmes of Action put climate change adaptation on the development agenda, write Balgis Osman-Elasha and Thomas E. Downing.

An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.

The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.

Recommendations on how policymakers can decrease the joint burden of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

What are the main issues that African nations face in forthcoming negotiations on biotechnology and biosafety?

How can farmers and food traders in the developing world ensure that GM, 'conventional' and organic crop systems coexist successfully? Eliana Fontes examines the issues.

Deforestation in the Amazon and strong renewable energy programmes make Brazil a unique player in global climate change discussions.

Policies to take advantage of foreign direct investment usually focus on multinationals. As Anabel Marin shows though, their subsidiaries may be a more useful point of influence.

Developing country firms and public institutions need to work together to improve the value of services delivered from imported technologies.

The public sector no longer dominates agricultural technology transfer to developing countries. New scientific and economic forces mean it’s time to reassess its role, says Martín Piñeiro.

Manufacturers in sub-Saharan Africa need policy support at all levels if their technological capabilities are to catch up with other developing countries. Carlo Pietrobelli looks at problems and solutions.

Growing dryland populations are depleting their natural resources, while increasingly-settled agriculture ignores the traditional knowledge needed to tackle future uncertainties, says David Thomas.

Valuing the benefits ecosystems give us is a vital step in ensuring their sustainable use and conservation. Anantha Duraiappah shows how environmental economics offers the best way yet to tackle the job.

Ten years since the UNCCD came into force, the problems remain. Despite some successes, varying definitions and restricted finance limit the convention's effectiveness, as Lindsay Stringer explains.

Biodiversity in the world's drylands is fragile, easily disrupted and under threat. John Lemons sets out guidelines for tailoring policies to best protect these uniquely adapted species.

With water scarcity already affecting over a billion people, dryland populations should combine traditional and modern knowledge to manage water access sustainably, says Theib Oweis.

An overview of the various ways in which techniques that do not involve genetic modification can helping plant breeders to develop and propagate new crop varieties.