A committee of eminent scientists that was set up to develop a national strategy on adoption of genetically modified crops

The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has won Best Technological Breakthrough at the UK Climate Week Awards for its support to a project to develop drought-tolerant maize in Africa, a statement by the Mexico-based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), indicates.

The prize was announced at the Climate Week Awards, held in London last week to celebrate the UK’s most effective and ambitious organizations, communities, and individuals and their efforts to combat climate change.

By Andrew Hogg, Christian Aid

Sub-Saharan Africa has massive potential to generate clean energy that could help lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty without exacerbating climate change, a new Christian Aid report says today.

At present, sub-Saharan Africa countries (719 million people) have severely limited access to energy, consuming between them if South Africa is discounted less electricity than New York State (19.5 million people).

It is estimated that over 95 percent of Ugandans depend on charcoal and wood fuel for cooking. This heavy dependence on natural forests has in recent years been a cause for concern among many people about the attendant consequences of