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Insects for food and feed research attracts new funding
In November 2015, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany, approved a EUR 1,200,000 funding for a new project within icipe's fast rising Insects for Food and Feed...
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Contract signed for food bait production
In November 2015, icipe signed a contract with Kenya Biologics Ltd, towards the construction of a commercial processing plant of a food bait developed by the Centre, as part of its integrated pest...
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DAAD-ARPPIS doctoral scholarships announced
icipe in partnership with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) In-Country/In-Region Scholarships Programme and African university partners, is requesting applications for doctoral research...
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New initiative on climate change adaptation
Nairobi, 1 March 2016 – icipe and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland have launched a new initiative aimed at supporting the ability of smallholder farming families living around fragile...
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Recommendations for insects for food and feed
Kisumu, Kenya, 2-3 March 2016– An international conference has endorsed the use of insects as alternative sources of food for human consumption and as feed for livestock, globally and specifically in...
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Expressions of Interest (EOI) to Provide Services
Deadline: On or before 11:00hrs East African time on Wednesday 23rd March 2016icipe wishes to invite interested parties to express interest in the provision of various services in specific areas....
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Request for Quotations (RFQ) to Supply Goods
Deadline: On or before 11:00hrs East African time on Wednesday 23rd March 2016icipe wishes to invite interested vendors to submit quotations for the supply and delivery of any of the below goods....
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$10.35M initiative to reach 12,500 Ethiopian youth
His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (3rd left), listens as icipe scientist Dr Everlyn Nguku (2nd left), explains the Centre's silkworm...
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US$ 2.5M renewable energy project
Nairobi, Kenya, 12 March 2016 - icipe has embarked on a US$ 2.5 million renewable energy initiative, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). One of the largest of its kind in...
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Tsetse genes identified
A recent study by icipe that has identified the genes responsible for chemical sensing in tsetse flies could help to improve the way that the insects are managed, because they carry the trypanosome...
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Eminent jury for the 40th anniversary Rolex Awards announced
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a four-time Olympic gold medallist, the first Canadian astronaut to walk in space, a celebrated photographer/explorer, one of the Middle East’s most influential women...
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icipe research selected Biomedical Picture of the Day (BPoD)
An image from a paper published by Joel Bargul, a recent icipe PhD graduate, and Jamin Jung, University of Wuerzburg, and colleagues in the Journal PLoS Pathogens in February 2016 has been selected as...
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Invitation for bids – Sale of assets & scrap
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is an intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that carries out research and training in sustainable management...
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icipe at Biovision 2016
Lyon, France, 13 – 14 April 2016 – Prof. Baldwyn Torto, Head of icipe Behavioural and Chemical Ecology Unit attended and gave a plenary address at the Biovision World Life Science Forum, held in Lyon,...
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Doctoral Research Fellowship on IPM for Rice and Chickpea in East Africa
icipe is an international scientific research institute, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that works towards improving lives and livelihoods of people in Africa. The Centre’s main objective is to...
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In our own backyard
4 May 2016 – Two recently published papers resulting from collaborative research between the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, and colleagues from France...
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Recommendations for insects for food and feed
Kisumu, Kenya, 2-3 March 2016– An international conference has endorsed the use of insects as alternative sources of food for human consumption and as feed for livestock, globally and specifically in...
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The Chair of icipe’s Governing Council awarded a Medal of Honour
International Ellis Island Medal of Honor awarded to Bill HanssonJena Max Planck director and vice president of the Max Planck Society was honored in New York for his contributions to international...
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A Festschrift in honour of Professor Robert R Jackson
Professor Robert R. Jackson, a visiting scientist at icipe and a Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, has been honoured in a Festschrift (a collection of...
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icipe MLN research recognised
9 – 13 May 2016, Praque, Czech Republic – icipe’s research on the use of satellite data to map the severity of maize lethal necrosis (MLN) in Kenya earned significant recognition at the 2016 European...
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