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2017 icipe Annual Report
In 2017, despite a fast changing environment for research and development (R&D), icipe achieved major outputs and outcomes across all its programmes. We have endeavoured to present key highlights...
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icipe Director General honoured
Dr Segenet Kelemu among recipients of the Women Economic Forum’s highest recognition, Women of the Decade AwardNew Delhi, India, 26 April – 1 May 2018: Dr Segenet Kelemu, the Director General of the...
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Celebrating World Bee Day
In 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution declaring 20 May as World Bee Day. Every year on this day, the attention of the global public will be drawn to the...
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Tribute to Prof. Jerrold Meinwald (16 January 1927 – 23 April 2018)
Eminent chemical ecologist; pioneering scientist and friend of icipeWhen icipe was founded in 1970, it was with the very noble mission of creating a centre of excellence that would enable Africa to...
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Oliver Chitambo: DRIP scholar who found his way “home”
icipe’s vision of building scientific and leadership capacity in Africa is often realised within complex scenarios that the Centre addresses through various approaches. One example is the icipe...
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Advancing nematodes research and management
icipe in partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), have jointly identified a range of strategic factors to be addressed and, accordingly, initiated a variety of...
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Jona Mutasa: self motivated Push-Pull farmer and trainer
A key goal of icipe is to ensure that the Centre’s technologies are transferred to as many end users as possible. To achieve this vision, icipe uses a range of strategies, including the media, to...
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Time for a bioeconomy in Africa
Thought Leadership Column: by the Director GeneralOn 21 March 2018, a momentous occasion was marked in Africa when 44 African nations signed the continental free trade agreement (CFTA). As the first...
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Vector Ecology and Disease Workshop
The Vector Ecology and Disease Workshop is designed to provide a ‘one-health’ overview of vectors of animal and human diseases at the interface of humans, animals, plants and the environment. Topics...
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NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS
1) EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)2) SALE OF THREE (3) GENERATORS3) SALE OF A BOAT (30 PASSENGER)The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is an intergovernmental organisation...
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New R and D and private sector partnership to tackle nematode pests
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), and Syngenta have jointly commenced efforts to enable the Kenya flower...
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icipe honours Dr Hans Herren
15 July 2018, Mbita Point, Kenya: icipe has honoured the Centre's former Director General, Dr Hans Rudolph Herren, for his enduring commitment to supporting the Centre's mission; and his vision of the...
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Fall armyworm in Rwanda
One morning in April 2017, in the middle of what is referred to in the country as agriculture season B, which starts in March and ends in April, farmers in Rwanda woke up to a strange phenomenon in...
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icipe Push-Pull in Rwanda
In December 2017, the highly innovative Push-Pull technology was officially launched in Rwanda. As of May 2018, 4745 farmers have been trained, and close to 240 farmers have adopted the technology....
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Beekeeping in Ethiopia: icipe-EU partnership
The number of Ethiopian farmers using modern beekeeping technologies introduced by the International Centre of Insect Physiology (icipe), has increased eight-fold over the past seven years, from just...
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ILIPA: Improving livelihood by increasing livestock production in Africa
ILIPA is the newest addition to icipe’s portifolio on insects as feed, through a collaboration with Wageningen University. The initiative aims to exploit the commercial potential of insects, mainly the...
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