World Development News

Posted April 9, 2010:

• Developing Countries Devote More Funding to Health, Except Many in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted April 5, 2010:

• Madagascar's Radiated Tortoise Threatened With Extinction

Posted March 30, 2010:

• Innovative Thinking on Agriculture in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Posted March 24, 2010:

• Report Finds Radical Change Needed for Global Agriculture
• New Findings About How Cells Achieve Eternal Life
• Biofuel Mandates Would Make Corn Shortfall Costly, Experts Say

Posted March 22, 2010:

• Eating Less Meat and Dairy Products Won't Have Major Impact on Global Warming, Export Argues
• Tackling Cardiovascular Disease Surge Worldwide Requires Collaboration

Posted March 17, 2010:

• Environmental Refugees and Global Warming

Posted March 16, 2010:

• Recreational Fishing Has Big Impact on Fish Stocks, Yet Is Typically Neglected Fisheries Management
• Infectious Diseases Physicians Renew Call for 10 New Antibiotics by 2020

Posted March 15, 2010:

• Trauma of War Doubles Asthma Risk Among Civilians
• Private Drinking Water Supplies Pose Challenges to Public Health

Posted March 11, 2010:

• Scarcity of Phosphorus Threat to Global Food Production

Posted March 10, 2010:

• UK Research Community Unites to Help Ensure Future Food Security

Posted March 4, 2010:

• Study Identifies Key Cause of Chronic Leukemia Progression

Posted March 3, 2010:

• Climate Change One Factor in Malaria Spread

Posted March 1, 2010:

• HIV and Noncommunicable Diseases Hinder the Progress of Poor Countries' Millennium Development Goals

Posted February 22, 2010:

• Small Family Farms in Tropics Can Feed the Hungry and Preserve Biodiversity

Posted February 21, 2010:

• Where Will the Next Food Crisis Strike? Extended Geographical Monitoring Using Satellite Observation

Posted February 20, 2010:

• Global Warming May Hurt Some Poor Populations, Benefit Others

Posted February 19, 2010:

• The Philippines Triples Its Rice Yield

Posted February 18, 2010:

• Warmer Planet Temperatures Could Cause Longer-Lasting Weather Patterns
• Most Maternal Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Be Avoided

Posted February 15, 2010:

• Free Trade, Loss of Support Systems Crippling Food Production in Africa

Posted February 11, 2010:

• New Investments in Agriculture Likely to Fail Without Sharp Focus on Small-Scale 'Mixed' Farmers
• Sustainable Fisheries Needed for Global Food Security
• Dramatic Changes in Agriculture Needed as World Warms and Grows

Posted February 10, 2010:

• Mass Extinctions: 'Giant' Fossils Are Revolutionizing Current Thinking

Posted February 4, 2010:

• Vaccine to Protect Pregnant Women from Contracting Malaria?

Posted February 1, 2010:

• Researchers Fight World Hunger by Mapping the Soybean Genome
• One Billion Are Hungry: Can We Reduce Hunger Now and by 2050?

Posted January 28, 2010:

• Almond Tree's Secret Weapon

Posted January 27, 2010:

• How Certain Hormones Control Aspects of Root Branching in Plants

Posted January 26, 2010:

• Ecologists Outline Necessary Actions for Mitigating and Adapting to a Changing Climate
• Environmental Change Impacts Oklahoma Rivers

Posted January 20, 2010:

• Adaptation Science Should Be Applied to Climate Change, Scientists Urge

Posted January 19, 2010:

• Relationship Between Anti-Merozoite Antibodies and Incidence of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

Posted January 13, 2010:

• Heat and Moisture from Himalayas Could Be a Key Cause of the South Asian Monsoon
• WHO Spearheads Health Response to Earthquake in Haiti

Posted January 11, 2010:

• Discovery Provides New Drug Targets for Malaria Cure

Posted January 4, 2010:

• GDP Is Misleading Measure of Wealth, Says Top Economist

Posted December 30, 2009:

• Major Australian Droughts Traced to Different Causes

Posted December 21, 2009:

• Climate Debate: What's Warming Us Up? Human Activity or Mother Nature?

Posted December 16, 2009:

• New Weapon in Battle of the Bulge: Food Releases Anti-Hunger Aromas During Chewing

Posted December 15, 2009:

• Fisheries and Aquaculture Face Multiple Risks from Climate Change
• Climate Change Does Not Always Lead to Conflict
• Climate Wizard Makes Large Databases of Climate Information Visual, Accessible
• NASA Tech Zooms in on Water and Land

Posted December 7, 2009:

• List of 'Unsung' Wildlife Affected by Climate Change Released

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