Opportunities for expansion of push-pull technology as an agroecological and sustainable intensification approach in Africa

May 28, 2025

This review aims to appraise the PPT used in eastern Africa, synthesize evidence for its ecological and economic benefits, and identify barriers to its adoption and opportunities for its expansion to other crops and farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Earth observations reveal impacts of climate variability on maize cropping systems in sub-Saharan Africa

March 17, 2025

Efficient agroecological strategies, such as Push-Pull intercropping, offer documented benefits including pest control, improved soil fertility, and water conservation compared to traditional maize monocropping.

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Crop Mixtures Influence Fall Armyworm Infestation and Natural Enemy Abundance in Maize-based Intercropping Systems

March 5, 2025

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), causes significant damage to maize, threatening the food security and livelihood of millions of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Crop diversification has been recommended as an ecologically sustainable FAW control… Continue Reading…

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An Intensified Cereal Push-Pull System Reduces Pest Infestation and Confers Yield Advantages in High-Value Vegetables

January 31, 2025

Crop diversification is associated with ecosystem services that can improve yield. We integrated tomatoes and kales within the cereal push-pull technology (PPT), to form the vegetable integrated push-pull (VIPP), and explored the influence of these cropping systems on pest and disease management, and subsequent yield of the vegetables.

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Push–Pull Intercropping Increases the Antiherbivore Benzoxazinoid Glycoside Content in Maize Leaf Tissue

October 1, 2024

Push–pull technology refers to a promising mixed cropping practice for sustainable agricultural intensification, which uses properties of intercrop and border crop species to defend a focal crop against pests.

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Perception of Farmers on Push-Pull Technology: Using Farmers Research Network Approach in Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia

July 24, 2024

Striga and stem borer are the major challenges to sorghum production and causing serious food security problems in Ethiopia.

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Bioactive Volatiles From Push-Pull Companion Crops Repel Fall Armyworm and Attract Its Parasitoids

July 24, 2024

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a serious invasive pest in Africa but “Push-Pull” companion cropping can substantially reduce infestation.

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Occupancy-abundance models for predicting densities of three leaf beetles damaging the multipurpose tree Sesbania sesban in eastern and southern Africa

July 24, 2024

Mesoplatys ochroptera Sta ̊l, Exosoma and Ootheca spp. seriously damage sesbania, Sesbania sesban (L.) Merril, a multipurpose leguminous tree widely used in tropical agroforestry.

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A method for estimating insect abundance and patch occupancy with potential applications in large-scale monitoring programmes

July 24, 2024

Large-scale monitoring programmes often make inferences about insect abundance based on count data collected using some probability-based sampling technique.

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Selecting the right statistical model for analysis of insect count data by using information theoretic measures

July 24, 2024

Researchers and regulatory agencies often make statistical inferences from insect count data using modelling approaches that assume homogeneous variance.

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Opportunities for expansion of push-pull technology as an agroecological and sustainable intensification approach in Africa

Earth observations reveal impacts of climate variability on maize cropping systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Crop Mixtures Influence Fall Armyworm Infestation and Natural Enemy Abundance in Maize-based Intercropping Systems

An Intensified Cereal Push-Pull System Reduces Pest Infestation and Confers Yield Advantages in High-Value Vegetables

Push–Pull Intercropping Increases the Antiherbivore Benzoxazinoid Glycoside Content in Maize Leaf Tissue

Perception of Farmers on Push-Pull Technology: Using Farmers Research Network Approach in Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia

Bioactive Volatiles From Push-Pull Companion Crops Repel Fall Armyworm and Attract Its Parasitoids

Occupancy-abundance models for predicting densities of three leaf beetles damaging the multipurpose tree Sesbania sesban in eastern and southern Africa

A method for estimating insect abundance and patch occupancy with potential applications in large-scale monitoring programmes

Selecting the right statistical model for analysis of insect count data by using information theoretic measures

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