International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, has hosted Borlaug-Ruan International Interns since 1998 on its campus in Mbita Point, Kenya.
Established in 1970, 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.
Interns at icipe work alongside researchers and experts in the the fields and villages of Kaugege, Lwanda, Nguruman and Mbita.
Interns also have the opportunity to work with children at Mbita elementary school and travel around Kenya with their colleagues to see sites and do research.
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Student Research Projects
Assessing the Effects of Push Pull Technology on Agricultural Productivity in Western Kenya (2023)
Assessing the Influence of Womens' Education and Household Food Security in Western Kenya (2023)
An Investigation of How Farmers Promote Agricultural Production in Western Kenya (2021)
The Great Overcoming in Kenyan Agriculture (2019)
Improving African Rural Lives: The Case of ICIPE and NGO's Collaboration (2019)
Perception and Control of the Fall Armyworm and its Impacts on Livelihoods in Eastern Africa (2018)
Effective Methods of Learning Agricultural Technologies in Kenya and Uganda (2017)
Push-Pull Farming Systems: Knowledge and Perceptions of Kenyan and Ugandan Farmers (2017)
Rural Youth and 'Push-Pull' Farming in Western Kenya (2015)
The Role of Gender in Adoption of Climate Smart Push-Pull Technology in Western Kenya (2014)
Studying Stingless Bees in Kenya (2013)
Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Food Security and Livelihoods in Kenya (2012)
Analyzing Climate Change and Its Impacts on Smallholder 'Push-Pull' Farmers in Western Kenya (2011)
Trapping Tse Tse: Assessing the Use of Host Urine Baits for Sampling and Controlling tsetse (2009)
The Malaria Vector Project (2007)
Utilizing Women Farmer Groups to Disseminate Push-Pull Technology (2006)
The Diamondback Moth's Effect on Food Security (2005)
Analyzing the Tsetse Fly (2004)
Examining the Influence of Education on Household Food Security (2003)
Analyzing the Side Effects of Azadirachtin Botanical Insecticides on Tilapia (2002)
Examining the Influence of Culture and Gender on Household Food Security (2000)