The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) as a Centre of excellence embraces the need for constant re-evaluation towards innovative planning, execution and overall operations. With the revision of the Centre’s strategy in mind, the Governing Council (GC) of icipe commissioned the icipe Periodic External Review (IPER) in 2018 for the period of 2013-2017.

YESH is designed to empower unemployed Ethiopian youth, by providing entrepreneurship opportunities and access to improved technologies and practices, financial services, tools, market linkages, and resources needed to establish successful enterprises. This will result in increased income, improved food and nutrition security, and enhanced health of the young people and the environment.

The number of Ethiopian farmers using modern beekeeping technologies introduced by the International Centre of Insect Physiology (icipe), has increased eight-fold over the past seven years, from just 120 in 2011 to 900 by end of 2017. Significantly, more than one third of these farmers are women, in a country where beekeeping is traditionally considered a male-only occupation.

In December 2017, the highly innovative Push-Pull technology was officially launched in Rwanda. As of May 2018, 4745 farmers have been trained, and close to 240 farmers have adopted the technology. Below is a chronology of events regarding the dissemination of Push-Pull in Rwanda.