News and Events
African Association of Insect Scientist (AAIS) 24th Meeting and Scientific Conference
The Executive Committee of the AAIS and the Entomological Society of Ethiopia (ESE) Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the African Union invite you to the 24thAAIS Meeting and Scientific Conference, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Under the theme “Migratory Pests and Invasive Species: Early Warning System, Monitoring, Control and their Impact on Food Security, Environment and Livelihoods during COVID-19 pandemic.”
icipe launches mass release of indigenous natural enemies to control fall armyworm
Management of the invasive fall armyworm (FAW), scientifically known as Spodoptera frugiperda in Africa, requires the deployment of all tactics within the context of integrated pest management (IPM).
icipe wins Food Planet Prize
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (www.icipe.org) has been awarded the prestigious, USD 1 million Curt Bergfors Foundation Food Planet Prize, from about 650 global nominations, in recognition of the Centre’s pioneering research and development (R&D) activities on insects for food, feed and other uses. The Centre will share the prize with Sanergy, a Kenya/United States-based organisation.
Total control of Tuta absoluta
In a landmark move for tomato production in Africa, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has released a parasitic wasp that will naturally control the invasive and highly destructive Tuta absoluta, a tomato leafminer that was detected for first time in Africa in 2008 and has since spread rapidly across the continent.
Boost for icipe malaria reduction efforts
Funding for groundbreaking research on malaria transmission-blocking microbe
1 December 2020: Following discovery by scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (www.icipe.org) that a microbe named Microsporidia MB found in mosquitoes is capable of blocking transmission of malaria from the mosquitoes to people, icipe has been awarded a USD 2.2 million grant by Open Philanthropy (www.openphilanthropy.org).