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Organization
Record information and status
Record ID
15937
Status
Published
Date of creation
2006-08-23 14:16 UTC (philippe.leblond@cbd.int)
Date of last update
2008-10-27 15:09 UTC (rina.hirai@cbd.int)
Date of publication
2008-10-27 15:09 UTC (rina.hirai@cbd.int)

General information
Name of the Organization
African Insect Science for Food and Health (ICIPE)
Coordinates
Coordinates
African Insect Science for Food and Health (ICIPE)
Nyayo Stadium
P.O. Box 30772
Nairobi
Kenya, 00100
Phone:+254 20 863 2000
Fax:+254 20 863 2001,+254 20 863 2002
Email:icipe@icipe.org
Url:http://www.icipe.org/
Contact Information
Type of organization
  • Non-governmental organization (NGO)
Thematic areas
General biosafety
Organization’s profile
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.
Contact person
Dr. Ellie Osir
Head
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Unit
African Insect Science for Food and Health (ICIPE)
Nyayo Stadium
P.O. Box 30772
Nairobi
Kenya
Phone:+254 2 86 1680,+254 2 80 2501
Fax:+254 2 86 0110
Email:eosir@icipe.org
Url:http://www.icipe.org/home/
Additional Information
Additional Information
ICIPE conducts research in: a) Plant health research contributes to improved sustainable food security and environmental health through the development of integrated pest management (IPM) in field and horticultural crops and storage pests; b) The environmental health agenda concentrates on conservation ans sustainable utilisation of the agricultural production base and important natural ecosystems by encouraging and utilising arthropod diversity; cataloguing and sharing biodiversity data and discovering endemic wealth by bioprospecting for useful natural products.

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