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Fish nutrition in aquaculture Written by S S De Silva and T A Anderson 1994 344pp price UKL35.00 ISBN 0 41255 030 X Publication enquiries to: Corsten Heldmann ITP Sales Chapman & Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE 1 8HN, UK

Until recently, trypanosomiasis transmitted by the tsetse fly was the most widespread animal disease on the island of Zanzibar. Pesticides had had little effect. Then it was decided to release 8 million sterile male flies over a period of four...

Who do you turn to when you have a promising project and are looking for an appropriate funder? Both ENDS (Environment and Development Service) may be what you need. They act as 'brokers' for projects - in this role they also aid funders who are...

Calestous Juma 1989.'The Gene Hunters : Biotechnology and the Scramble for Seeds' ISBN 0 86232 640 0. Available from: Zed Books Ltd 57 Caledonia Road London NW1 9BU UK

The opening of the magnificent new centre of CAB International's International Mycological Institute (IMI) was performed by Dr M S Swaminathan, World Food Prize Laureate, on 14 June 1993. The Institute was relocated from Kew to Bakeham Lane. Egham,...

Kotchi Johannes, Ann Waters-Bayer, Reinhard Adelhelm, Ulrich Hoesle, 1989 'Ecofarming in agricultural development', 132pp. ISBN 3 8236 1163 1. Edited and published by GTZ (Deutches Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit) Available from: GT

The Desertification Action Centre of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) has just established a network of NGOs to help in its fight against deforestation and desertification in Asia, including the Pacific islands. An electronic...

Agriculture is returning to the main public agendas, it seems. The four winners of the Right Livelihood Awards for 2000 to be presented in Stockholm on 8 December include the Ethiopian scientist Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher. The jury praised...

Vanishing Land and Water Soil and water conservation in dry lands, by Jean-Louis Chleq and Hugues Dupriez in the series Terres et Vie (Land and Life) by Macmillans Terres et Vie - 13 Rue Laurent Delvaux - 1400 Nivelles Belgium