How Training and Personal Drive Are Transforming Small-Scale Farming in East Africa

April 10, 2025

In Trans-Nzoia East Sub-County, Kenya, small-scale farming is the heartbeat of the local economy. Yet in recent years, one powerful idea has started to reshape these farms—and it goes beyond just growing crops. It’s about growing agripreneurs. But what exactly… Continue Reading…

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“If Only Given a Chance” – How Push-Pull Technology is Transforming the Lives of Disabled Farmers

March 25, 2025

In rural Sub-Saharan Africa, farming is more than a job—it’s a way of life and a means of survival. But for many, especially those living with disabilities, traditional farming methods are physically demanding, inaccessible, and often socially exclusive. That’s where… Continue Reading…

Pest/disease control • Push-Pull in practice

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.

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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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How Training and Personal Drive Are Transforming Small-Scale Farming in East Africa

“If Only Given a Chance” – How Push-Pull Technology is Transforming the Lives of Disabled Farmers

Bioactive Volatiles – Natural Allies in the Battle Against Fall Armyworm

The Effect of Brachiaria Rows on Stemborer Damage on Sorghum

Innovation and development in agricultural and food systems

Mfumo wa kilimo wa vuta-sukuma waimarisha hali ya maisha

Push-pull Curriculum for Farmer Field Schools

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

Rwanda: Desk Study of Extension and Advisory Services

Transforming Gender Relations in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

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