The life that inhabits the world’s oceans has almost infinite variety. It remains an untapped source of diversity.

The barely explored marine environment has already thrown-up a vast treasure-trove of high-value biomolecules .

For 700 million people in Africa and the Far-East, yams and cassava represent important crops for food security and as a source of income.

Riots, political instability and a spike in malnourishment cases blighted the years 2007 and 2008, particularly in developing countries.