Scientists discover cost-effective ways to improve crop output in Uganda
...o do not have the means to purchase fertilizer may profit more from the use of the cowpea-sorghum rotation or mucuna fallow. Wortmann explained that lead author Kayuki Kaizzi worked closely with small scale farmers throughout the study to ensure that the practices evaluated were likely to be appropriate f...2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco -- press conference schedule
... Note: Representatives of publishing houses, for profit corporations, and the business side of news media must register at the main registration desk at the meeting and pay the appropriate fees, regardless of possession of any of the above documents. They are not accredited as News Media at the meeting.Sc...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
...said. Of all the projects, only one is turning a profit without recovering oil. Sleipner, an industrial-scale project run by Norwegian oil company Statoil, injects carbon dioxide into a deep saline aquifer beneath the North Sea floor. Its economic success, scientists say, is due to the presence of Norwa...First all-African produced genetically engineered maize is resistant to maize streak virus
... is to provide seed that will be sold at a minimal profit to subsistence farmers, thus removing the objection that GE technology is principally profit-driven. ...Assessing levies for by-catch could fund conservation measures
...re endangered species, would make users who earn a profit from common-pool resources pay for the impacts they have on the system. At the same time, they argue, if levy money were given to conservationists to address other threats to seabird or turtle populations, then these conservationists would in turn be...