icipe is implementing a project aimed at providing alternative livelihoods for food and income security among communities targeted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) country programmes.

The initiative is being implemented in four Indian Ocean island nations (Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar), and in Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania).

Over the past several months, the Centre has been conducting training for communities targetedMedia coverage for these sessions has been obtained as follows: 

The Adaptation for Ecosystem Resilience in Africa (AFERIA) project, an initiative funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, to disseminate the findings of the Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA), which was implemented between 2010 - 2015, has started.

Coverage for AFERIA has been obtained in the following media:

Coffee farmers to benefit from probe on pests and diseases

The Standard, 25 May 2016

The Adaptation for Ecosystem Resilience in Africa (AFERIA) project, an initiative funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, to disseminate the findings of the Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA), which was implemented between 2010 - 2015, has started. Coverage for AFERIA has been obtained in the following media:

• Coffee farmers to benefit from probe on pests and diseases

           The Standard, 25 May 2016

The Adaptation for Ecosystem Resilience in Africa (AFERIA) project, an initiative funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, to disseminate the findings of the Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA), which was implemented between 2010 - 2015, has started. Coverage for AFERIA has been obtained in the following media:

• Coffee farmers to benefit from probe on pests and diseases

           The Standard, 25 May 2016

The Adaptation for Ecosystem Resilience in Africa (AFERIA) project, an initiative funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, to disseminate the findings of the Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA), which was implemented between 2010 - 2015, has started. Coverage for AFERIA has been obtained in the following media:

• Coffee farmers to benefit from probe on pests and diseases

           The Standard, 25 May 2016

In March 2016, icipe signed an agreement with SolarCentury Ltd for the construction of solar plants at the Centre's Duduville and Mbita Point campuses. Coverage for the event has been received as follows:

 http://cleantechnica.com/2016/03/21/largest-solar-battery-east-africa-installed/

http://www.pvnews.cn/qiyedongtai/2016-03-21/141261.html

In October 2015, icipe published findings from its research on the possible impact of Parthenium hysterophorus on malaria epidemic in East Africa, which were covered in the following media outlets:  

Between 24 and 26 September, 2015, icipe Director General, Dr Segenet Kelemu participated in Trieste Next 2015 as one of the main speakers, at the invitation of TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences.

Trieste Next is an international forum on science that facilitates discussions and presentations on state- of- the art applied research in Trieste, Italy. Dr Kelemu's participation obtained the following media coverage: 

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