E-DRUG: Growing Artemisia annua, in tropical Africa (5)
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Further, you might like to try and get in touch with the International
Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Kenya, who are
working on processing artemesia into pills.
The contact is
Dr.Yunlong Xia, Ph.D
Head of Information Technology & Bioinformatics Department
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology ( ICIPE)
P. O. Box 30772, 00100, G. P. O, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254-20-861680 x 3120 Fax: 860110
Email: yxia@icipe.org
As I understand it artemesia has to be grown above 2000m and harvested
before flowering, and there is no commercial value if artemesinin
content is below 0.5%.
Kenyatta Unversity in Nairobi is also involved in growing artemesia and
distributing seedlings to farmers who might like to switch from coffee
or tea to artemesia. Their experience may be of use if you intend your
project to involve the communities in and around which you work.
The contact person is Prof Alloys Orago and I only have a telephone
number +254 2 810901.
Ms. Spring Gombe
Policy Analyst
HAI Europe
Jacob van Lennepkade 334T
1053 NJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone +31 20 6833684
Fax +31 20 6855002
e-mail: spring@haiweb.org