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01.03.2022

Banana waste, potato’s gain

Destructive potato cyst nematodes meet their match in banana-fibre paper

With potato production in East Africa under increasing threat from the invasive and highly destructive potato cyst nematode (PCN) pest, an organic technology developed from banana plant waste material may well be the ultimate rescue. Known as ‘wrap and plant’, the solution involves enclosing potato seed before planting, in a thick absorbent paper that is made from the fibre of banana plants. This strategy provides a protective barrier for the plants against damage by PCN.

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14.12.2021

Recently graduated icipe scholars

Bethelihem Mekonnen Bekele

 

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10.12.2021

One step to 10,000

Rwandese scholar at Sokoine University, Tanzania, becomes first RSIF PhD. In October 2021, the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (https://www.rsif-paset.org/) marked a major milestone with the completion of the initiative’s first ever PhD. Jean Nepomuscene Hakizimana, a Rwandese national registered at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania, defended his doctoral thesis on the genetic variation and epidemiology of the African swine fever virus (ASFV), in eastern and southern Africa.

 

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03.12.2021

Pioneering steps: Black soldier fly farming in Ethiopia

Through icipe’s capacity building efforts, progress has been made in commencing research and development activities on black soldier flies, and by extension insects for feed, in Ethiopia.

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25.11.2021

Individual consultant to provide professional transcription services for qualitative health surveys done under the Human Health research program at icipe

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

Individual consultant to provide professional transcription services for qualitative health surveys done under the Human Health research program at icipe.

 

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