{"id":12803,"date":"2020-12-14T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/story\/forschung-made-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:11:31","slug":"forschung-made-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/story\/forschung-made-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Research made in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12803\" class=\"elementor elementor-12803 elementor-12492\" data-elementor-post-type=\"story\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d95e9de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"d95e9de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-675724cc\" data-id=\"675724cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597f6e05 text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"597f6e05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icipe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">icipe<\/a> for short) has been a Biovision partner organisation since day one. The research institute, based in Nairobi, Kenya, was founded in 1970 by the visionary Kenyan entomologist Prof. Thomas Odhiambo (1931\u20132003). From 1994 to 2005 it was headed by Biovision founder and president Hans R. Herren. icipe is using this anniversary as an occasion to provide informative insights into the world of applied ecological research in Africa through short film reports. Biovision is a longtime partner in many of the projects and activities shown in the films.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4428f4f8 animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4428f4f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-370fc516\" data-id=\"370fc516\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e7d59b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19e7d59b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biovision_icipe-research.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12527\" alt=\"Am icipe werden die nat\u00fcrlichen Feinde der Mangofruchtfliegen studiert und gez\u00fcchtet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biovision_icipe-research.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biovision_icipe-research-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">At icipe, the natural enemies of mango fruit flies were studied, bred and later released together with farmers in their mango groves. \u00a9 Peter L\u00fcthi, Biovision<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bd157f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5bd157f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bd01af1\" data-id=\"2bd01af1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d90f343 text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d90f343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Links to the projects shown<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6mtHn-OT3wk&amp;t=55s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Integrated control of fruit flies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6mtHn-OT3wk&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insects as animal feed and for human nutrition<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6mtHn-OT3wk&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reintroducing camels<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6mtHn-OT3wk&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=1137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biological control of the fall\u00a0army worm (pest insect) through Push-Pull<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6mtHn-OT3wk?t=3680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summary cross-section of various projects<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73aa8583 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"73aa8583\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a89e09b\" data-id=\"a89e09b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a87c6e text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a87c6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Knowledge transfer from the laboratory to the field<\/h2><p>An important element of the joint projects is transferring knowledge about organic agricultural methods to farmers. The videos provide current insights into Biovision\u2019s core activities. During his time as icipe director, Hans R. Herren founded the Biovision Foundation in 1998 together with like-minded people from Switzerland. He recognised the great need to make research findings more accessible to farmers. Since then Biovision has been pursuing its vision of a world with enough healthy food for all, produced by healthy people in a healthy environment. Today, Biovision contributes to the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals and Agenda 2030 regarding food security and organic farming in Africa, Switzerland and internationally. The second development goal, \u201cZero Hunger\u201d, is its guiding principle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ed28981 animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1ed28981\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e45340b\" data-id=\"3e45340b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1643d36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1643d36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biovision_Fruchtfliegenkontrolle_Fruit_Fly_Control.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12530\" alt=\"Freilassung der Schlupfwespen. Die Schlupfwespen legen ihre Eier in die Brut der Fruchtfliegen, die daraufhin von den Wespenlarven dezimiert werden.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biovision_Fruchtfliegenkontrolle_Fruit_Fly_Control.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biovision_Fruchtfliegenkontrolle_Fruit_Fly_Control-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Release of parasitic wasps, the natural enemies of fruit flies. The parasitic wasps lay their eggs in the brood of fruit flies, which are then decimated by the wasp larvae. \u00a9 Peter L\u00fcthi, Biovision<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-648ae501 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"648ae501\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-723e3d55\" data-id=\"723e3d55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ada7089 text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ada7089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>icipe \u2013 a strong partner for Biovision in Africa<\/h2><p>icipe is the only insect research institute on the African continent that has an international reputation. The institute is recognised and appreciated worldwide as a centre of excellence due to its dedication to scientific research of arthropods (invertebrates with segmented bodies and jointed limbs). Arthropods include the large universe of insects \u00ad\u2013 both beneficial ones and pests in agriculture but also disease vectors such as malaria mosquitoes or ticks.<\/p><p>Barbara Frei Haller, Biovision Foundation Board member and Governing Council member at icipe, praises the institute\u2019s achievements as outstanding pioneering research into harmful and beneficial insects. \u201cicipe has been finding answers to the changing climatic conditions in the tropics for 50 years. In doing so, it has discovered and introduced organic methods to control insect pests in cereal crop cultivation and fruit and vegetable production, plus environmentally friendly measures for controlling disease-carrying mosquitoes or tsetse flies. This helps people and environmental protection\u201d, says Ms. Frei Haller.<\/p><p>We at Biovision congratulate icipe on its 50th anniversary and look forward to continuing our effective cooperation together!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55bcffb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"55bcffb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7079cb13\" data-id=\"7079cb13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705a9291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"705a9291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/embed\\\/xxTkRw2REDo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-540d0b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"540d0b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>50 years icipe &#8211; Link to the video<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escape the grey fog with an exciting trip to East Africa! 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