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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.

Push-Pull in practice

Managing the Fall Armyworm Threat Using the Push–Pull Technology

July 24, 2024

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

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Harnessing nature-based solutions for smallholder plant health in a changing climate

July 24, 2024

The impacts of climate change on resource-poor farmers are especially severe and include increased challenges with food security and food safety.

Push-Pull in practice

Push-pull improving livelihoods

July 23, 2024

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

Pest/disease control

Manual for the identification of grass, stemborers and associated parasitoids in Kenya

July 24, 2024

J’he Global Environment Facility (GEF) with implementation support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) funded the project GFL/2711·01-4345 focusing on “Conservation of Gramineae and Associated Arthropods for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa”.

Farming practice

The State of Food and Agriculture: Innovation in family farming

July 23, 2024

Every era has its challenges. And each challenge demands specific responses.

Push-Pull in practice

Push–pull and physically disabled farmers: an appropriate agricultural technology for improving livelihoods

July 23, 2024

The smallholder farmers who make up 80% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face many challenges in producing adequate and reliable grain harvests on which their livelihoods depend.

Push-Pull in practice

Push-Pull Technology: An ecological and safe way to control stem borers and striga in Ethiopia

July 23, 2024

Ethiopia’s economic development is based on agriculture. Accordingly, many efforts have been made to increase yield to eliminate poverty and provide food security for the estimated 90 million people living in Ethiopia in 2014, over 80% of whom are rural.

Push-Pull in practice

From Lab to Land: Women in push–pull agriculture

July 23, 2024

From Lab to Land examines the worlds of farming, agricultural extension, and basic and applied scientific research through the eyes of nearly 80 women who work in these fields in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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30 Jun

Can PPT Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change?

Yes! It helps with climate adaptation:
Desmodium enriches the soil and suppresses weeds.
The PPT improves soil moisture retention.
Trap crops provide livestock fodder, diversifying farm benefits and income.

https://upscale-hub.eu/

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19 Jun

🌽 Our coordinator, Emily Poppenborg, joined the panel discussion during the event on the agroecological transition of food systems in Africa. The event focused on agroecological innovation and sustainable farming pathways for Africa. 🌿

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

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

Managing the Fall Armyworm Threat Using the Push–Pull Technology

Harnessing nature-based solutions for smallholder plant health in a changing climate

Push-pull improving livelihoods

Manual for the identification of grass, stemborers and associated parasitoids in Kenya

The State of Food and Agriculture: Innovation in family farming

Push–pull and physically disabled farmers: an appropriate agricultural technology for improving livelihoods

Push-Pull Technology: An ecological and safe way to control stem borers and striga in Ethiopia

From Lab to Land: Women in push–pull agriculture

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