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More than 600,000 hectares of fertile land suitable for food production in the country have been hived off for the cultivation of bio-fuel crops, an independent study by a land use research organisation has revealed. (AllAfrica)

The four major research projects in the Upper River Region implemented by the Medical Research Council (MRC), are said to on course with the understanding of the communities and support by the government. (AllAfrica)

Something fishy is going on in the whole issue of biofuel farming in the country. (AllAfrica)

They flock our country year in and year out appreciating the gifts that God gave our land. Flocking our nation to climb our mountains that they call virgin because they have survived the heavy pollution and litter that is a characteristic of the foreign peaks such as the Everest. (AllAfrica)

Archaeological experts are divided on a plan to exhume the hominid footprints at Laetoli for public display, some arguing that this could lead to erosion of the rare imprints. (AllAfrica)

Scientists from the University of Stellenbosch have teamed up with Danish biotechnology firm Aresa to test a genetically engineered tobacco plant that turns red when it grows near land mines, offering hope of a cheap way to help clear fields in post-conflict zones. (AllAfrica)

Baphethile Mntambo has been farming organically for the past five years because she knows that avoiding chemicals will in the long-term benefit her yield. (AllAfrica)

African nations have been urged to utilise other natural resources other than food crops to produce biofuels to reduce the dependence on imported fossil fuels. (AllAfrica)

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) is to produce genetically modified crops that are more resistant to pests, according to NARO officials. (AllAfrica)

Eratic spraying of DDT could make mosquitoes resistant to the insecticide and render the fight against malaria ineffective. "In Africa, the potential threat of resistance to insecticides appears to be significant," experts warned in a report. (AllAfrica)

The Cabinet recently decided that the teaching of religious studies remains on the syllabus but it shall not be compulsory. Before I analyse whether institutions should teach religious studies, it is vital to trace the history of religion. (AllAfrica)

When Isaac Kalua founded the Green Africa Foundation in 2000, one of his objectives was to get Kenyans to take care of trees and plant more. (AllAfrica)

Organisers of the 50th anniversary since the discovery of the famous Zinjanthropus skull at Olduvai Gorge have unveiled a five-year plan for capacity building in the field of paleontology in the country. (AllAfrica)

Wood is a product of the process of the natural recycling of elements in the air and the surface of the earth that makes life on earth possible. Life existed for millions of years without the use of fossil fuels but, since prehistoric times, mankind has used wood for heating and cooking. (AllAfrica)

African science has received a boost with the announcement of a £3.3 million partnership between the Leverhulme Trust and the Royal Society to fund collaborations between scientists in Ghana, Tanzania and the UK. (AllAfrica)

At a recent roundtable Conference on the introduction of Genetically Modified Crops in Nigeria, the Minister of Science and Technology Chief (Mrs.) Grace Ekpiwhre almost shouted blue murder about the looming food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. (AllAfrica)

Australian scientists yesterday identified a potential treatment to combat malaria, a global scourge, which kills about 300,000 Nigerians, mostly children below five years, annually. (AllAfrica)

THE Government is waiting for preliminary results from an audit to ascertain the skills gap in crafts in the country, Science, Technology and Vocational Training Permanent Secretary, Buleti Nsemukila, has said. (AllAfrica)

The Rwanda Medical Journal recently awarded prizes to two authors for the best researched articles published in the 2007 journal at Kigali Serena Hotel. (AllAfrica)

African countries such as Rwanda and Uganda have over the years emphasized science subjects in their curriculum in an attempt to boost their mostly agricultural based economies. (AllAfrica)

The author of the best researched article that appeared in the re-established Rwanda Medical Journal will receive an award at the July 10-11 international conference on cardiovascular diseases in Kigali. This prize was pledged at the journal's launch last year. (AllAfrica)

The Federal Government has inaugurated a seven-man committee for the establishment of Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF). (AllAfrica)

Angola's state-owned Agostinho Neto University (UAN) will introduce a scientific research programme for its teachers as from the second half of August this year. (AllAfrica)

It is expected of higher educational institutions to be the centers where new scientific ideas are generated, apart from their responsibilities to produce qualified man power necessary for nation building efforts, State Minister of Education, Wendwossen Kiflu observed on Tuesday. (AllAfrica)

The State-owned Agostinho Neto University (UAN) is committed to disseminating scientific research in order to guarantee greater teaching quality at the institution and contributing to sustainable development of Angola. (AllAfrica)

The Angolan Association of Chemists (AAQ) will hold from July 25 to 26, here, its first Technical-Scientific Chemistry Cycles under the commemoration of its first founding anniversary, May 25. (AllAfrica)

MAKERERE University engineering students will no longer grumble over lack of laboratory equipment to do assignments. (AllAfrica)

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) yesterday presented the 2008 Nigeria Prize for Science award worth $50, 000 to Dr Ebenezer Meshida in Lagos for his work on solution to road potholes. (AllAfrica)

Byany standard, the experience of Dr. Ebenezer Ajibola Meshida is a sermon in humility, perseverance, endurance, and obedience to elders, one value held high by many Nigerians. Meshida had graduated with a BA in Geography in the 60s, and ordinarily should have gone to make a good career in the civil service or elsewhere, but his elder brother, a soil scientist, intervened. (AllAfrica)

During a ceremony organized at the headquarters of the Ministry of higher education scientific research and technology, Mr Lazhar Bououni, paid tribute to the Tunisian scientist Mr Mohamed Laoucet Ayari, scientific advisor at the American National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), and stressed the desire of his ministry to strengthen ties with foreign universities. (AllAfrica)

The development of a herbal HIV and Aids management product (anti-retroviral) based on hard scientific data is important for Kenya in several ways. (AllAfrica)