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The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
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| Contact: |
Director-General |
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| Address: |
P
O Box 30772Nyayo StadiumKENYA |
| E-mail: |
icipe@icipe.org |
| Tel: |
00254
2 861680-400254 2 802501 |
| Fax: |
00254
2 86011000254 2 803360 |
| HTTP: |
www.icipe.org |
| Type: |
CGIAR |
| Sector: |
insect
physiology, ecology, animal and plant pests |
| Geography: |
worldwide |
| Activities: |
research,
institution-building and training |
| Budget: |
c.
US $9.4 million in 1999 |
| Profile: |
The International
Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) is an autonomous,
non-profit making, research and training centre. ICIPE's mission
is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve
the overall health status of peoples of the tropics by developing
and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and
useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base
through research and capacity building. The primary mandate
of ICIPE is research, capacity and institution building in integrated
arthropod management. CIPE's capacity building activities have
four functions, to: i) Develop science leadership through postgraduate
training, professional development programmes and science bursaries;
ii) Generate knowledge and new technologies, through students'
participation in ICIPE's research programmes and adaptive research
activities. iii) Diffuse technologies developed by ICIPE and
its partners through training of IPM practitioners, community
training and empowerment, and production of technopacks (teaching
materials, manuals, books, etc.). iv) Support former beneficiaries
through post-training activities such as by offering re-entry
grants (for further training) and internships, and organising
exchange visits and special courses. The overall objective is to develop individual capacity and strengthen
institutional capabilities in arthropod science and its application. |
| Approach: |
The scope of research and training activities covers the development of tools
and strategies for controlling and managing human, animal and
plant pests and disease vectors; the study of the arthropod
components of agricultural biodiversity that provide essential
ecological services (soil biota/nutrient cycling/soil fertility,
pest and disease regulation, pollination, maintenance and enhancement
of local wildlife and habitats); the development of appropriate
technologies for insect-based income generating activities;
bioprospecting . |
| Finance: |
By decision of the international donor community of the Consultative group
on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a special Sponsoring
Group for the ICIPE (SGI) was created in November 1980. A Governing
Council exercises the powers conferred by the Charter upon ICIPE.
The Governing Council is responsible for financing of ICIPE
through the SGI and other supplementary sources. Total income
for 1999 was US$9,388,000. |
| Notes: |
See the web site for more information. |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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