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icipe announces ten new BioInnovate Africa grants to enable scientists create biologically based ventures that foster a sustainable bioeconomy in eastern Africa
Nairobi, 19 December 2022. The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icip...
Case story: Women-Led Beekeeping Enterprise
Testament of women’s potential and indispensable role in sustainable development in Ethiopia, and in...
Case story: New Niches and Novel Enterprises
Gore, a town in southwestern Ethiopia, located in the Metu–Gore–Tepi montane moist forest ecosystem,...
Three years of the MOYESH project: A model for holistic, inclusive development, and circular economies, through beekeeping and sericulture farming
In October 2019, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), in partnership w...
Nigeria Invests US$4million in PASET’s Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund
NAIROBI, November 14, 2022 — On November 3, the Government of Nigeria has announced a contribution o...
IKEA Foundation provides USD 5 million grant to icipe, for a One Health initiative that will contribute to a resilient, circular, and regenerative food system in eastern Africa
4 November 2022: In eastern Africa, a myriad of interconnected developmental challenges persists. Th...
New evidence on the superiority of insect-based animal feeds
icipe present findings that black soldier fly based meals increase beneficial bacteria in the gut of...
Achieving workplace equity
Gender inequality in the workplace is a global problem. Segenet Kelemu describes how she has used he...
icipe discovers trypanosome biomarkers and develops an inclusive diagnostic innovation for African animal trypanosomosis
Every year in Africa, three million cattle succumb to African animal trypanosomosis, a debilitating...
New photographic system
Thanks to a grant from Sida, icipe has acquired a MacroSolutions Macropod photographic system. This...
icipe Director General honoured by Ethiopian bank
Enat Bank, Ethiopia, has named its 94th branch, located in Addis Ababa, after icipe Director General...
New study unravels the mechanisms through which the icipe push-pull technology conquers the fall armyworm, currently one of the most devastating and difficult pests in Africa
In 2016, the fall armyworm, a destructive moth that causes devastating damage to over 100 plant spec...
Awards & Recognitions
icipe Governing Council Awards 2022
During its Annual General Meeting held on 18 November 2022, the icipe Governing Council, which consists of...