Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is a non-profitable organization. The Centre was established in 1970, to address the paradox of insects and accompanying challenges. 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 Centre's vision is to pioneer global science in entomology, to improve the well-being and resilience of people and the environment to the challenges of a changing world, through innovative and applied research, alongside deep exploratory study, impact assessment, evaluation, and sustainable capacity building. Since its founding, icipe has remained committed to developing and disseminating environmentally safe, affordable, acceptable, and accessible tools and strategies to control insect pests and disease vectors. icipe’s mandate further extends to the sustainable conservation and utilization of Africa’s rich biodiversity. It is the only international institution in Africa working primarily on arthropods. Therefore, capacity building of individual researchers and institutions in Africa is an integral part of all the Centre’s research and development activities. icipe also aims to empower women, harness the youth, and build the capacity to use, transfer and teach the Centre’s technologies.

Projects Implemetation Overview:

icipe Foundation is up-scaling the Mango value chain as follows: