doing research & development in africa for africa christian borgemeister, ceo icipe

Doing research & development in Africa for Africa

Christian Borgemeister, CEO icipe

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

≈ 380 staff total, 50PhD scientists, visiting scientists and

PDFs, 50–70 MSc, PhD students in residence

An organization with a unique history — 40+ years old,

genesis in Africa

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Africa-focused - Current activities in 24 African countries

Core-funding from the Governments of Sweden, Switzerland, UK,

Germany, France & Kenya

Project funding from various national (e.g. MoFAs NL, Germany, Finland) &

international donor agencies (IDRC, USAID etc.), foundations (BMGF, Google.org, Welcome etc.), & UN

organizations (GEF, IFAD, UNDP)

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4H paradigm

R&D on human, animal, plant & environmental health

Common denominator insects/ arthropods

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Improve food security, nutrition and farmers’ income through Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Build on basic knowledge of key crop pests for developing IPM tactics

plant health

animal health

Develop sustainable solutions for important diseasevectors like tsetse flies and ticks

Work on emerging zoonotic diseaseslike Rift Valley Fewer

environmental health

Contribute to biodiversity conservation through development of tangible strategies that

improves the livelihood of communities living in the vicinity of

protected areas

human health

Holistic and integrated control of vector-born diseases

Focus on vector control

Address increasingly important interactions between human health

and agriculture (e.g. through irrigation)

More at www.icipe.org