News and Events

05.06.2023

icipe continues to solidify its global eminence with increasing awards and recognitions, including three recent international honours accorded to two senior staff members of the Centre

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is globally distinct, being the only research institute working primarily on insects and other arthropods. icipe is also the sole institution that combines food security, human health, animal health and environment health.

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30.05.2023

One million farmers in Africa to benefit from new initiative to extend icipe’s highly successful, climate-smart, agroecological fall armyworm management package

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has received a grant amounting to EUR 2,999,760.58 through the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag), to upscale the Centre’s highly successful, integrated pest management package for the fall armyworm. Through a project known as Agroecological Innovations for Smallholder Pest Management (EcoPM), icipe and partners will reach one million farmers in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia.

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29.05.2023

France-icipe partnership reinforced with award of top honour to Centre’s Director General and renewal of partnership arrangement with key research institute

icipe Director General, Dr Segenet Kelemu, has been decorated with the second highest award of France; the title of Officier de L’Ordre national du Mérite (Officer in the National Order of Merit).

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06.04.2023

icipe Annual Report 2022

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to present the icipe Annual Report for 2022 (Download pdf versionWatch short video). 

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11.01.2023

Dr Segenet Kelemu farewell message

It has been my honour to lead icipe over the past 10 years. I have aimed to challenge and inspire the Centre’s teams and partners to set grander visions, grounded in the belief that, with good science, we can harness the wonderful potential of insects while tackling their negative impacts.

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