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Smallholders hold the key to food security in Africa - Ahwoi 
Peace FM Online
Peace FM Online
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture, said small-holder farmers in Africa can play a major role in the continents' quest to achieving food security targets. He said developing measures to support small...
TCEQ Air quality forecast 8/20-22/10 plus Bayport's environment and problems
The Examiner
The Examiner
Get ready for more African dust in Harris County and in most of the rest of South Texas this weekend. Let’s face it, though. That sneezy-wheezy dust is a whole lot better than having some of those hurricanes blow through...
Agro chemical dealers benefit from Ghana Agro-Dealer Development
Peace FM Online
Peace FM Online
About 2,200 rural agro dealers in Ghana have benefited from a 2.5 million dollar credit facility from the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural...
SOUTH AFRICA: Nevirapine linked to treatment failure
IRINnews
IRINnews
web JOHANNESBURG, 20 August 2010 (PlusNews) - One of the cheapest and most commonly used drugs for treating HIV in Africa - nevirapine - has been associated with an increased risk of treatment failure in a retrospective...
Can fuel cells power the future?
Newsvine
Newsvine
— An electricity-generating fuel-cell system known as the Bloom Box sparked a huge buzz in the energy debate six months ago — and since then, still more ventures have surfaced to promise better living through...
Bull's Eye: Sun Pharma, Godrej Properties, Tata Chemicals, Nestle, Cairn India
The Times of India
The Times of India
SUN PHARMA RESEARCH: CITIGROUP RATING: HOLD CMP: Rs 1785 Citigroup maintains `Hold’ rating on Sun Pharma with a target price of Rs 1,920. While Sun is entitled to 180 days exclusivity, thanks to the long delay in getting...
New antibiotics developed from frog skin
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The fight against superbugs has taken a leap forward thanks to the discovery that powerful new antibiotics could come from frogs. Scientists have known for years that the skin of frogs is a rich source of chemicals...
Frost & Sullivan: Electric Vehicles Fuelling Demand for Battery Technology and Supply
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
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200-fold boost in fuel cell efficiency advances 'personalized energy systems'
PhysOrg
PhysOrg
--> A new catalyst could help speed development of inexpensive home-brewed solar energy systems for powering homes and plug-in cars during the day (left) and for producing electricity from a fuel cell at night (right)....
New Malaria Drug Candidate Holds Promise
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
By GAUTAM NAIK An international team of scientists has identified a promising drug candidate that represents an entirely new class of medicines to treat malaria, one of the biggest killers in the developing world. The...
