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Current and Previous Students

icipe’s capacity building effort has always been intricately in-built into its Research and Development programmes. These span the whole continuum, from basic strategic research to technology development and validation, and ultimately community-based adaptation. Hence, icipe's training objectives at all levels are achieved as the Centre undertakes its core research work in fulfilment of its mandate. For nearly four decades, the centre has made significant impact in key areas in capacity and institutional building activities namely:

  • High-level manpower training at postgraduate level for leadership in scientific research and policy formulation;
  • Dissemination of technologies to national agricultural and health research and extension systems through group training courses; and 
  • Institutional development by nurturing and strengthening of African organisations and institutions.
Current Students

  • Evanson Omuse, PhD student-2023.
  • Evanson work is to evaluate and track the key indicators of the 4 One Health pillars (plant, human, animal and environment) and determine the factors influencing its impact among farmers integrating vegetable-integrated push-pull technology (VIPPT) with black soldier fly (BSF) innovations.Evanson is registered at the University of Pretoria in South Africa for a PhD Programme in Entomology. He holds degrees of BSc in Microbiology and Biotechnology and MSc in Microbiology from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He is a former DRIP scholar for Master of Science research training at icipe (2019-2021).He worked as a Research Officer at the Technology Transfer Unit.

 

  • Borden Opio, MSc. Student-2023
  • His research work is in chemical ecology in Brassica against insect herbivory based on push pull conditioned soils. His interest is to determine the chemical compound composition both volatile and non-volatile induced by push pull soil. His studies aim to find how push pull technology help to control brassica insect pest as a biological control measure. Borden has BSc. Degree in Agricultural Education and Extension from Kenyatta University and currently registered for MSC. Plant Health Science and management at JKUAT.
  • Adrian Mating’i Kimani, MSc. Student-2023
  • Adrian is a DRIP scholar and an MSc. Candidate in Plant breeding at Kenyatta university.His project is hosted by ICIPE Thomas Odhiambo Campus -Mbita through Alliance-Bioversity and CIAT. His research aims at high-throughput screening of resistance levels in Brachiaria spp. towards spider mite attack (Oligonychus spp.) Adrian holds a BSc. in Crop Science majoring in Crop Improvement and Protection from Kenyatta university.
  • Roseline Nandi Okoma, MSc. Student-2023
  • Roseline is an ARPPIS MSc scholar funded by the IKEA Foundation through DRIP Project. Her project aims to assessing the Participatory selection of target sites and crops/cultivars in different agroecologies. Roseline holds her Bachelor’s degree in Organic Agriculture from Uganda Martyrs University and MSc. Agro ecology from the same University.




    Previous Students
  • Pierre Celestin Ndayisaba , PhD Student
  • Climate change mitigation through improved soil health; carbon sequestration and nitrogen fixation under the push-pull technology as a case study

 

  • Duncan Cheruiyot, PhD Student
  • Understanding agronomic and phytochemical properties of Brachiaria for use in the control of cereal stemborer under different climate change scenarios

 

  • Nancy Karimi Njeru, PhD Student
  • Towards understanding the role of push-pull cropping system in management of mycotoxins in maize in East Africa.

 

  • Daniel Munyao Mutyambai, PhD Student
  • Exploitation of early-herbivory alert in Poaceae in the development of an integrated management strategy for cereal stemborer pests in Africa.

 

  • Taruss Ruth Chepchirchir, PhD Student
  • Economics of integrating Push-pull technology in dairy-maize farming systems in Eastern Uganda.

 

  • Frank Chidawanyika, PhD Student
  • Plant drought and temperature stress effects on the production of electrophysiologically active biogenic volatiles important for the push-pull strategy in cereals .

 

 

 
  • George Asudi, PhD Student
  • Dynamics of Napier stunt phytoplasma between wild and cultivated graminae in East Africa.

 

  • Tigist Assefa Tolosa, PhD Student
  • Chemical ecology of plant to plant communcation and opportunities for cereal stemborers management in Africa

 

  • Ammanuel Tamiru, PhD Student
  • Stemborer oviposition induced semiochemicals in maize and their effects on egg and larval parasitoids.

 

  • Evans Obura, PhD Student
  • Studies on the insect vector, alternative host plants and molecular dissection for phytoplasma resistance in Napier grass.

 




  • Emilly Wamalwa, MSc Student
  • Screening for resistance of Napier grass (Pennisetum Purpurium) and alternative fodder grasses against Napier Stunt disease.

 




  • Maxwel Juty, MSc Student
  • Impact of Push-pull technology on incidence and severity of ear rots on maize and mycotoxins in western Kenya.

 




  • Adam Okinyi, MSc Student
  • Determination of phytoplasma host range among wild grasses in Kenya.



  • Henlay Otieno Juma Magara, MSc Student
  • The effect of herbivore induced plant volatiles by signal grass, Brachiaria Brizantha on neighboring maize for stemborer management.

 




  • Sammy Olomula , MSc Student
  • Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Capacity for Learning and Adoption of Push-Pull Technology through Video and Computer Communication Tools in Western Kenya.

 




  • Boniface Juma Walla, MSc Student
  • Screening and Characterization of Napier Collections for Stunt Disease in Central and Western Kenya.

 




  • Noel Makete , MSc Student

 

Our Goal
“To end hunger and poverty for 10 million people by extending Push-Pull technology to 1 million households in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030”, Zeyaur Khan, Coordinator, Push-Pull Programme
Adopters
Push-pull farmers