1. International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)- African insect science for food and health.
    
Chris Prideaux, Director Research and Partnerships

2. ≈ 400 staff total, 50–70 MSc, PhD students in residence
General Facts
A centre of excellence in Africa — for research and capacity building in insect science and its applications
An intergovernmental organization — charter signed by 13 countries worldwide
≈ 400 staff total, 50–70 MSc, PhD students in residence
Many contracted workers
An organization with a unique history — 40+ years old, genesis in Africa
The names of the 13 signatory countries are:
Kenya
Zambia
Cote D'Ivoire
Norway
Sweden
Philipinnes
Chile
Sudan
Brazil
Ethiopia
Eritrea
United Republic of Tanzania
Democratic Republic of Congo

3. Where we work Africa focused- currently activities in 30 countries
Collaborative work in Middle East, USA, South America, Asia
International HQs in Nairobi
Several field stations across Kenya & country office in Ethiopia

4. How we work
4-Hs paradigm
R&D on human, animal, plant & environmental health, and capacity building
Common denominator insects/ arthropods

5. Major Program Areas Animal Health Plant Health Human Health
COMMERCIAL INSECTS
BEE HEALTH
BIOPROSPECTING
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
Human Health
MALARIA
SLEEPING SICKNESS
ARBOVIRAL INFECTIONS
Animal Health
TSETSE
TICKS
Plant Health
HORTICULTURAL CROP PESTS
STAPLE FOOD CROP PESTS
PLANTATION CROP PESTS
Environmental Health

6. Holistic and integrated control of vector-borne diseases
Human Health
Holistic and integrated control of vector-borne diseases
Focus on vector control
Broad areas in focus:
Malaria
Human sleeping sickness
Rift valley fever
Emerging infectious diseases

7. Animal Health
Develop sustainable solutions for important disease vectors like tsetse flies and mosquitoes
e.g. Tsetse/Trypanosomiasis control

8. Tsetse – identification of repellents from un-preferred hosts
Gas chromatogram of body odors from waterbuck
Waterbuck are present in tsetse habitats but not fed upon
Refractoriness is mediated by repellents
15 EAD active compounds were found in the waterbuck odour
Through series of field experiments 5 - component blend was identified (icipe patent application)
WRB reduces fly catches by 80% and feeding efficiency >95%
EAD is electroantenno-graphic detection (these are volatiles detected by the insect antenna from the whole profile of odours)
WRB – waterbuck repellent blend
Cows in waterbuck clothing

9. Technology for pastoralists
Innovations in Animal Health - Tsetse Flies
Technology for pastoralists
Waterbuck-derived repellent identified & synthesized
Vial containing chemical attached to collar effectively repels tsetse flies
~ 75% of cattle equipped with collar protects entire herd
For savannah species (vectors of nagana) icipe’s trapping technology based on combination on visual & olfactory cues can reduce flies by >90% in ~ 2 years 9

10. Controls stemborers and striga weed.
Plant Health
Improve food security, nutrition and farmers’ income through Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Push-Pull Technology
Controls stemborers and striga weed.
Desmodium as an inter-crop species releases chemicals that result in premature germination of striga seed.

11. Long term trials with maize-legume intercrops
Maize + Beans
Maize + Green gram
Maize + cowpea
Maize + Desmodium
Maize +Desmodium
Khan et al Crop Sci. 47: ; Midega et al Field Crop Res.155: 144–152

12. Desmodium intercrop efficiently depletes striga seed bank
Khan et al Weed Research 48:

13. Plant health program
Impact of Stemborer

14. Plant health program
Push pull field visit

15. Push Pull
Reduces losses due to pests and weeds
Increases soil fertility through nitrogen fixation
Increases water retention by acting as a mulch
Reduces the need for weeding
Provides high quality fodder for livestock which increases productivity (milk and meat)

16. Environmental Health
Contribute to biodiversity conservation through development of tangible strategies that improves the livelihood of communities living in the vicinity of protected areas
establishing bee and silk industries within communities

17. From Bees to honey and wax

18. icipe’s Capacity Building in Tigray
On site training of 263 beekeepers (35% women)
17 beekeeper organizations established (550 members)
2,750 Langstroth hives distributed to beekeepers
Individual and community apiaries established
Eastern Tigray market place established; including honey processing facilities
Eastern Tigray honey and was received organic certification with support from icipe training

19. Silk cocoon production
From Soil to Silk: Mulberry Silk Farming
Powerloom
Handloom
Mulberry and silkmoth eggs
Silkmoth laying Eggs
Twisting and doubling of silk yarn
Vth instar Silkworms
Winding of silk yarn
Silk cocoon production
Reeling of silk cocoon
Silkmoth cocoons on mountage
Post-harvest processing of silk cocoons

20. Funding Source Core-funding
BMZ—Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
DFID—Department for International Development, United Kingdom
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Kenya
SIDA—Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden
SDC—Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, Switzerland
The Gov. of Kenya
Project funding
The European Union, various national & international donor agencies, foundations, multilateral organizations, regional economic blocks, World Federation of Scientists.

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