News and Events
Nurturing a dream: icipe’s commitment to Fiona Nelima Mumoki’s rising scientific career
Nairobi, Kenya, 30 March 2015: In a continent where scientific dreams die young, especially for women scientists, Fiona Nelima Mumoki has managed to keep hers alive, nurtured for the past five years aticipe.
‘Attract and kill’: trapping malaria mosquito mums before they lay eggs
In a world first, researchers have found that a naturally occurring chemical attracts pregnant malaria-transmitting mosquitoes – a discovery which could boost malaria control efforts.
‘Attract and kill’: trapping malaria mosquito mums before they lay eggs
In a world first, researchers have found that a naturally occurring chemical attracts pregnant malaria-transmitting mosquitoes – a discovery which could boost malaria control efforts.
Major international prize to push-pull lead scientist, icipe’s Prof Zeyaur Khan
icipe researcher Prof Zeyaur Khan has won the prestigious Louis Malassis Prize for Outstanding Career in Agricultural Development, awarded on Monday March 16, 2015 during a special session of the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Montpellier, France by the Agropolis Foundation.
Insects: An Overlooked Food Source
March 2015: icipe publishes a quarterly scientific journal, the International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. In this foreword to Volume 35, Issue 1, published in March 2015, the Editor in Chief (the Director General of icipe) called for more research into edible insects.