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06.07.2023

Biological control fulfills urgent need for sustainable pest management

03 June 2023, Nairobi Kenya – An extensive menu of biological control options to manage destructive invasive pests, including fall armyworm (FAW), and rich insights on the challenges and potential solutions for a worldwide scale up of the strategies were key outcomes from a global forum on urgently needed sustainable biological control measures.

06.07.2023

Fall armyworm natural enemies

Fall armyworm (FAW), scientifically known as Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a highly polyphagous pest that utilizes maize, sorghum and other cereals as its primary host. The native range of FAW includes the Neotropical and the Nearctic regions. It was first detected in Africa in 2016. 

06.07.2023

CAP-Africa for One Health

The Combatting Arthropod Pests for better Health, Food and Climate Resilience (CAP-Africa), an initiative supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), was implemented by icipe from July 2018 – June 2023 in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.

05.06.2023

icipe continues to solidify its global eminence with increasing awards and recognitions, including three recent international honours accorded to two senior staff members of the Centre

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is globally distinct, being the only research institute working primarily on insects and other arthropods. icipe is also the sole institution that combines food security, human health, animal health and environment health.

30.05.2023

One million farmers in Africa to benefit from new initiative to extend icipe’s highly successful, climate-smart, agroecological fall armyworm management package

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has received a grant amounting to EUR 2,999,760.58 through the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag), to upscale the Centre’s highly successful, integrated pest management package for the fall armyworm. Through a project known as Agroecological Innovations for Smallholder Pest Management (EcoPM), icipe and partners will reach one million farmers in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia.