National economies are increasingly knowledge driven, including those found in many developing countries where agriculture is the most important sector. To stay competitive in world markets and to meet the ever-increasing demand for domestic food requires continuous innovation. Many innovations...

Information is rapidly becoming a major economic factor but it is under appreciated on the African continent. Development information needs to be delivered in a more convenient, faster, and less expensive fashion so the pace of the information revolution in Africa can be enhanced. Factors conducive ...

The curculionid Hypothenemus hampei has recently spread to Mexico and Ecuador and is causing serious economic losses of coffee in these countries. In 1985, a classical biological control programme was started to control the pest using the bethylid Prorops nasuta and other hymenopterous natural...