Program areas at ICIPE
Environmental health division: the focus of the environmental health theme is to broaden knowledge on arthropods and their diversity and role in ecosystems, contribute to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and develop strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The theme's focus includes: bee research; beneficial and commercial insects; bioprospecting, particularly for plants for biopesticides and medicinal products; and habitat management, which supports biodiversity, pollination ecosystem services, and alternative hosts for pests and diseases.
Plant health division:the plant health theme undertakes innovative basic and applied research, with the underlying principle of developing control options for crop pests. The overall aim is to reduce the use of pesticides and subsequent impacts on the health of people, animals and the environment, and the inevitable resistance that comes from extended use of such products. The theme's research is based on the discovery and strategic use of biopesticides, semiochemicals, and other naturally-occurring compounds that can be employed to disrupt the pests' life cycles, and control them through the use of natural enemies.
Special projects:the special projects includes 1.-bioresources innovations network for eastern africa development (bioinnovate africa) programme. The programme provides grants to enable scientists, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs in eastern africa to work together to turn innovative ideas and technologies based on biological sciences into viable businesses. 2- the regional scholarship and innovation fund (rsif) is flagship programme of the partnership for skills in applied sciences, engineering and technology (paset) and in 2018, icipe was appointed as the regional coordination unit (rcu) of rsif.
Research support units
Human health division
Animal health division
Training and capacity building