| icipe |
| icipe is a tropical organisation with a tropical agenda. But why study insects? Because in the tropics, insects are a fact of life to be reckoned with. Insects pose a greater risk to food production, often causing the loss of entire crops and destroying a |
| Keywords : icipe, African Insect Science for Food and Health, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Environmental Health, Human Health, Plant Health, Animal Health, Capacity Building, Research Departments, Research Support Units, Publications, insect, scienc |
| H1 tags : icipe is a tropical organisation with a tropical agenda. But why study insects? Because in the tropics, insects are a fact of life to be reckoned with. Insects pose a greater risk to food production, often causing the loss of entire crops and destroying about half of all harvested food in storage. The 'old' tropical vector-borne diseases of malaria, dengue, kala-azar and the like are making a dramatic comeback, and frightening new ones are emerging. Livestock succumb in their millions of insect- and tick-borne diseases, resulting in loss of milk, meat and traction power. |
