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Bioactive Volatiles – Natural Allies in the Battle Against Fall Armyworm

July 31, 2024

Plant volatiles are the secondary metabolites that plants release into the air. Almost one-fifth of the atmospheric CO2 fixed by land plants is released back into the air each day as volatiles. They are protection against biotic and abiotic stresses… Continue Reading…

Push-Pull in practice

The Effect of Brachiaria Rows on Stemborer Damage on Sorghum

July 24, 2024

Sorghum is mostly known as the world’s fifth-most important cereal crop after rice, wheat, maize, and barley. It is one of the main staple foods for many farmers in Africa, in particular the smallholder farmers. It’s a plant-based protein, high… Continue Reading…

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Innovation and development in agricultural and food systems

July 24, 2024

Innovation has become an essential issue for our societies. It is ever-present in the discourses of economic and political actors and is the subject of dedicated policies.

Push-Pull in practice

Mfumo wa kilimo wa vuta-sukuma waimarisha hali ya maisha

July 24, 2024

Discover how you can benefit from push-pull through the comic book.

Push-Pull in practice

Push-pull Curriculum for Farmer Field Schools

July 24, 2024

Push-pull is a knowledge-intensive technology that needs a curriculum designed to guide learning at various entry points of the technology for smallholder farmers.

Push-Pull in practice

Planting for Prosperity Push–Pull: a model for Africa’s green revolution

July 24, 2024

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is immensely proud of the ‘push–pull’ programme’s achievements.

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Rwanda: Desk Study of Extension and Advisory Services

July 24, 2024

Rwanda is a unique African country with a unique history. Like many other sub-Saharan African countries, agriculture is the key livelihood for the majority of the nation’s people.

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Transforming Gender Relations in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

July 24, 2024

This book is the result of a process to better understand the role of gender in agriculture that was initiated by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) in 2009.

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Exploring Barriers to Accessing Evidence and Federal Resources for Equitable Green Infrastructure Implementation with NGOs

July 24, 2024

The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (AAAS EPI Center) in partnership with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water hosted the first discussion in a two-part virtual series “Exploring Barriers to Accessing Evidence and Federal Resources for Equitable Green Infrastructure Implementation.”

Push-Pull in practice

Upscaling the benefits of the Push-pull technology for sustainable agricultural intensification in East Africa

July 24, 2024

Push–pull is a farming system where a cereal crop is intercropped with the legume desmodium, and the plot is surrounded with Napier or brachiaria grass for control of stemborers, fall armyworm and striga weed.

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Striga weeds

Striga or 'witchweeds' are parasitic weeds that affect cereal crops in many parts of Africa, reducing production from 30 to 100%, or complete loss of the crop. If maize plants are attacked by both stemborers and striga weed, the yield... Continue Reading…
June 20, 2022

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upscale_h2020 UPSCALE @upscale_h2020 ·
5 Sep

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@lunduniversity released a publication in which they reviewed how changes in temperature, precipitation and atmospheric CO2 concentration can influence PPT components.💡

🔗https://upscale-hub.eu/publications/climate-change-and-ecological-intensification-of-agriculture-in-sub-saharan-africa-a-systems-approach-to-predict-maize-yield-under-push-pull-technology/

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2 Sep

🌿 How can bioactive volatiles be harnessed to protect crops from the destructive Fall Armyworm, and what does this mean for sustainable agriculture?

📖 Discover at https://upscale-hub.eu/bioactive-volatiles-natural-allies-in-the-battle-against-fall-armyworm/

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