Liu Xiao spends her weeks visiting sludge and organic waste treatment plants across China. The travel can be tiring but as a technical and policy adviser on waste management she must help implement President
The Inter-American Development Bank pledged $3.5bn to help fund the reconstruction and refinancing of Central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch, the storm that swept across the region
Changes in rice-growing techniques could significantly reduce the amount of water required in the production process, and help many Asian countries boost rice production, according to the
Brazil, the world's second largest exporter of soyabeans, has approved commercial production of genetically modified soyabeans. The ministry of agriculture authorised Monsanto, the US life sciences
The Report by the House of Commons science and technology committee on genetically modified foods brings a refreshing note of reason to a debate too long dominated by Europe by sensationalism and
The race to bring cholesterol cutting food ingredients to the US market intensified when the Food and Drug Administration approved the North American launch of Benecol, the Finnish-produced dietary
The World Health Organisation set out its health priorities for coming years with a call for universal health care and a twin attack on diseases of both poverty and affluence. In its annual World
Among the ravines and abysses of the nearly barren mountains of Eastern Qinghai, China, live 57,775 impoverished farmers who have the development lottery. From an estimated 60-80m other poor Chinese
An ambitious venture to design a comprehensive computer model of the human body for use in medical research and drug development will be launched this week. The "virtual body" programme combines
Two scientists from Hong Kong and the US are invesigating the possibility of transgeniclly altering ducks to increase their resistance to viruses and prevent various mutated forms of Hong Kong and
Higher cigarette taxes, advertising bans and health warnings could bring unprecendented health benefits without harming economies, according to a World Bank study on the economics of tobacco control
