Dear Friends and colleagues,

2025 has started on a good note for us. We are delighted to present a summary of our activities in January 2025. Happy reading and remember to subscribe to our new monthly magazine.

Soil, the loose surface material that covers most land, is intuitively embedded in our minds. Although we may not always consciously consider its role in our day-to-day lives, we have an intrinsic awareness of the importance of soil – it is the poetic connection to country, to home.

The journey of collaboration between beans, insects and fruit trees actors kicked off in Nairobi from October 7 to 9 2024, with the launch of the Building Equitable Climate-Resilient African Bean and INsect Sector (BRAINS) Project, spearheaded by

Dear Friends and Colleagues

We are very pleased to present this bumper issue of the icipe newsletter, which curates our activity so far in what is a transitional year. Click here to view: Volume 14, Issue No. 1, 2024 (pdf)

icipe has revitalized the Centre’s collaboration with TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences. In 2024, through TWAS Fellowships, we have welcomed several researchers through two programmes. The first is the TWAS Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (TWAS SG- NAPI).