As Africa, alongside the rest of the world, contends with a growing challenge of plastic waste, scientists from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), have found a promising solution to the menace – in the mealworm. 

Dr Dennis Beesigamukama, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), has been named the 2024 recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by The Rockefeller Foundation.

This year’s Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) will be held for the first-time outside Europe in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, on 23 – 24 October 2024. GBS2024 provides a platform to discuss global bioeconomy issues in an inclusive manner. It will profile and recognise the importance of bioeconomy in advancing sustainable development.

Purpose: The purpose of the action is to develop a community of practice (CoP) for agroecological-based cropping systems within the Push-Pull innovation ecosystem to enhance food security, environmental safety, and incomes of smallholder producers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Nairobi, Kenya – Eight Vice Chancellors of leading universities in Kenya visited the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) Duduville campus in Nairobi on 25 July 2024.