This note proposes a structured methodology for engaging in urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) reforms, presents what is usually accepted as best practices, and discusses conditions

The Arctic is warming up much more quickly than expected

The only way to meet the increasing demand for fish is through aquaculture. Daniel Cressey explores the challenges for fish farmers and what it means for dinner plates in 2030.

Wheat disease spreading from Africa to Asia through air

John Vidal

The world's population will hit seven billion early in 2012 and top nine billion in 2050, with the vast majority of the increase coming in the developing countries of Asia and Africa, according to a new UN estimate, The Associated Press reported from the United Nations, New York.

Financial markets across the world lost a whopping $50 trillion, including $9.6 trillion in the developing Asian market, which were the hardest hit by the global economic crisis, a latest ADB report said.

GUWAHATI, March 6

Supporters of small-scale farming claim that it provides livelihoods, and it can also conserve agrodiversity. In an attempt to show this, an international network of scientists joined hands with farmer communities to document

Market-based approaches to environmental management, such as payment for environmental services (PES), have attracted unprecedented attention during the past decade.

A recent workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh, focused on the role of small indigenous fi sh species in ensuring incomes and nutrition for the rural poor.

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