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Innovation Key to Unlocking Africa’s Horticultural Potential

African agriculture is at the crossroads. Persistent food shortages are now being compounded by new threats arising from climate change.

Policies for the Energy Technology Innovation System (ETIS)

Kenya: Why Kenya Has to Adopt Biotechnology in Farming

I am very proud to receive an honorary degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Clean Cookstoves Must Be Rethought so They Actually Get Used in Developing World

Almost three billion people around the world—or 4 out of every 10 individuals—are exposed to high levels of smoke each day from traditional cookstoves.

The Darker Side of the Bio-Industry

As the Bio International Convention begins here in Boston Monday, the most brilliant thinkers around the world will meet to discuss innovations in the life sciences, drug discovery, biofuels, and nano

Building New Agricultural Universities in Africa

There is an urgent need to create a new generation of innovation-oriented agricultural that efficiently bring together agricultural research, training, commercialization, and extension.

Genealogies of STS

Human societies fashion themselves through rites of memory, gilding and illuminating some pages of the past while consigning others to forgetfulness.

Climate Policy Under Uncertainty: A Case for Solar Geoengineering

Solar Radiation Management (SRM) has two characteristics that make it useful for managing climate risk: it is quick and it is cheap.

Effectiveness of Stratospheric Solar-Radiation Management as a Function of Climate Sensitivity

If implementation of proposals to engineer the climate through solar-radiation management (SRM) ever occurs, it is likely to be contingent on climate sensitivity.

The Price of Wind Power in China During its Expansion: Technology Adoption, Learning-by-Doing, Economies of Scale, and Manufacturing Localization

Using the bidding prices of participants in China's national wind project concession programs from 2003 to 2007, this paper built up a learning curve model to estimate the joint learning from learning