Farming practice • Pest/disease control
January 18, 2023
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…
Pest/disease control • Push-Pull in practice
May 4, 2023
Stemborers and striga weeds cause major losses to maize production throughout Africa. Maize yield losses due to stemborers can vary from 20-40%. Striga weeds infest 40% of the arable land in sub-Saharan Africa, causing an annual crop loss of US$... Continue Reading…
Multiactor communitites of practice • Push-Pull in practice
May 23, 2022
How multi actor communities of practice enhance and support the spread of push-pull technology among smallholder farmers in East Africa During a meeting in Rwanda, organized by Food for the Hungry (FH) Association Rwanda and Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources... Continue Reading…
Earth Observation • Push-Pull in practice
June 1, 2022
In the period of September 13th, 2021 to October 5th, 2021 in and around Kamuli district, in the North-East of Central Uganda, UPSCALE team consisting of David Meinhof, Adomas Liepa, Dr Insa Otte conducted first field trials of ecological investigations... Continue Reading…
June 20, 2022
As part of the effort to bring push-pull beyond its limitations to the next level, UPSCALE partner, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), conducted a needs assessment involving farmers and key informants involved in agriculture in Kisumu, Siaya... Continue Reading…
Farming practice • Push-Pull in practice
June 3, 2022
UPSCALE partners regularly organize training and demonstration days – Roadshow events – with the aim to train the farmers and provide more information on the benefits and implementation of the Push-Pull technology. These take place on already established climate-smart push-pull... Continue Reading…
June 22, 2022
Climate-Smart Push-Pull Technology (PPT) is relatively knowledge-intensive and therefore needs to be promoted in order to control Striga weeds, stemborers, and to improve soil fertility in cereal fields for increased production. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) have... Continue Reading…
Farming practice • Push-Pull in practice
June 22, 2022
As part of the EU-funded UPSCALE project, the Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute (TARI) held another one-day MAC meeting. The meeting was held on 21st May 2021 at the Africa Inland Church Tanzania (AICT) - Agroforestry training center, Musoma District, Mara... Continue Reading…
July 22, 2022
Yet another UPSCALE Multi-Stakeholder Community (MAC) meeting is closed! This time, UPSCALE partners Food for the Hungry (FH) - Association Rwanda and Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) bring impressions from the field. The event took place in... Continue Reading…
April 15, 2022
During 3rd and 4th of May 2021, a Multi-Actor Communities (MAC) meeting was held in Kisumu, Kenya. Organized by icipe and Maseno University, the chosen site was central to the MAC activities, being in the proximity of the push-pull field... Continue Reading…
