One of the sustainable intensifications approaches to improving yields of maize, a major staple and cash crop in eastern Africa, is the push-pull system, a companion cropping system that involves intercropping maize with a forage legume (desmodium), and planting a forage grass (brachiaria) around this intercrop.
July 23, 2024
Maseno University’s UPSCALE project team is focused on enhancing awareness of push-pull technology (PPT) across the region.
Agricultural production system • Farming practice
July 22, 2024
The agriculture sector around the world has experienced profound changes in recent years.
July 18, 2024
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is immensely proud of the ‘push–pull’ programme’s achievements.
June 11, 2024
This study investigates the interdependence between technology adoption, market participation and food and nutrition security in Eastern Africa, focusing on cereal farmers using push-pull technology (PPT).
Agricultural production system
April 3, 2024
Mixed cropping is one of the strategies proposed for weed control, with potential to increase crop yield.
April 3, 2024
Trees in agricultural landscapes are considered a remedy for climate change mitigation by storing carbon in soils and woody biomass.
February 26, 2024
Global food security faces increasing threats from climate change, leading to diseases, pests, drought, water salinity, and rising temperatures.
Agricultural production system
February 9, 2024
Push-pull technology provides farmers in East Africa with an eco-friendly strategy that increases crop yield and household income in smallholder cereal systems by controlling pests and improving soil health. Though promising for a sustainably intensified production, push-pull has been used at a limited scale, primarily in maize and sorghum-based production systems.
December 14, 2023
The e-Granary platform was customized with add-on features that support registration of new farmers and bulk messaging to registered farmers, including a user-friendly farmers’ feedback interface. An overview of the platform, customization and integration with the UPSCALE Knowledge Exchange Hub (KEH) as well as the dissemination plans and campaigns/messaging schedules are outlined in the report.