Nairobi, Kenya, 27 April 2015: A Euro 1.2 million project to address the significant insect pests and diseases constraining the production of citrus fruits in Kenya and Tanzania has been launched.
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 at icipe. Now about to commence PhD studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, Fiona describes her journey so far, her hopes for the future, and how an AWARD Fellowship will enable her to continue being mentored by icipe.
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.
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.
17 March, 2015: 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.
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.
March 2015: The CHIESA project, led by icipe, is working across East Africa to help communities adapt to the effects of climate change. Project coordinator Tino Johansson writes about their work in the Pangani River basin, in the Mt Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania.
Nairobi, Kenya, 1 February 2015: Careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been regarded as male dominated, and girls are often hesitant to study STEM courses at university.
In April 2014, Prof. Baldwyn Torto was inducted as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). He was also selected to serve as a member of AAS’s Commission on Sciences Education, one of four established to build capacity and set the agenda for science in Africa. He has also been invited by AAS to serve on the jury for the award of the Africa Union Prizes.
a community group based adjacent to Kakamega forest, which is supported by icipe and partners in the mission of improving its members’ llivelihoods while conserving the forest, won two prestigious awards and a training package from the Government of Kenya, funded by the Swedish Government: the overall NETFUND Green Innovations Award, 2014 and the water thematic area NETFUND Green Innovations Award, 2014.