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Capacity Building &

Institutional development

Building capacity of people and institutions to respond to the arthropod-related development needs of Africa has been a major commitment of icipe since its establishment, and the centre has a proud tradition and an excellent reputation as an incubator of some of Africa’s best young scientists.

Building the capacity of people and institutions is achieved through: High-level training at postgraduate and postdoctoral levels to develop African scientific expertise and leadership; Institutional development by nurturing and strengthening of African research and development organisations and institutions and Dissemination of technologies to national agricultural and health research and extension systems through training.

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Capacity building is deeply integrated into icipe’s R&D programmes. These span the whole continuum from basic strategic research to technology development and validation, and ultimately community-based adaptation and adoption. Hence, icipe's capacity building objectives at all levels are achieved as the Centre undertakes its core research work in fulfillment of its mandate.

A key focus of CB&ID is the training of a critical mass of young researchers from Africa in arthropod-related sciences at MSc, PhD and postdoctoral levels, through the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), the Dissertation Research Internship Programme (DRIP) and the Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) programmes. This focus reflects icipe’s and NEPAD’s CAADP principles of building capacity to enable national and sub-regional R&D innovation systems to undertake their own R&D programmes and deliver on-the-ground impacts for Africa. icipe’s connection with graduates continues well after their formal training, by fostering cooperation and networking with its alumni for personal and institutional capacity strengthening.

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PhD. Scholarships

Development of tomato push-pull cropping systems for the management of key pests in smallholder production systems

Closing date: 15 Jan 2024

Development of tomato push-pull cropping systems for the management of key pests in smallholder production systems

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MSc. Scholarships

Performance of the biopesticide <em>Metarhizium anisopliae</em> ICIPE 7 for control of the fall armyworm across different agro-ecologies in Zambia

Closing date: 16 Dec 2023

Performance of the biopesticide Metarhizium anisopliae ICIPE 7 for control of the fall armyworm across different agro-ecologies in Zambia

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Enhancing poultry feed through insect protein enrichment in Rwanda

Closing date: 15 Jan 2024

Enhancing poultry feed through insect protein enrichment in Rwanda

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Evaluating the impact of insect protein, insect-derived oil and forage crops in poultry feed in Kenya

Closing date: 15 Jan 2024

Evaluating the impact of insect protein, insect-derived oil and forage crops in poultry feed in Kenya

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Evaluating the direct application of whole dried black soldier fly larvae as a feed source in small-scale poultry production

Closing date: 15 Jan 2024

Evaluating the direct application of whole dried black soldier fly larvae as a feed source in small-scale poultry production

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