News and Events
Insect of the Month (November): Mopane bee, Plebeina hildebrandti (stingless bee)
Colony collapse disorder in honeybees is a major concern, and alternative pollinators are of great interest. Stingless bees are highly efficient pollinators and their honey is in great demand because of its cultural and medicinal properties. icipe is at the forefront studying African stingless bees.
icipe – 50 years of plant health research
The United Nations has designated 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), as an opportunity to raise global awareness on how keeping plants healthy can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment and boost economic development.
ARPPIS-DAAD PhD scholarships for study at icipe
Three-Year Doctoral Training in Insect and Related Sciences for Development
Deadline for applications to icipe: 22nd December 2020
Insect of the Month (October): Tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans
Tsetse flies occur only in Africa and are found in 38 countries where they transmit African trypanosomes, parasites that cause nagana in cattle and sleeping sickness in people. African animal trypanosomosis (nagana) costs the continent in excess of 10 billion USD annually in part because of its impact on loss of farming.