Push-pull technology is a novel approach in pest management which uses a repellent intercrop and an attractive trap plant. Insect pests are repelled from the food crop and are simultaneously attracted to a trap crop. A ‘push-pull’ strategy was developed by ICIPE and its collaborators for the control of stemborers and striga weed in resource-poor maize farming systems. This technology controls both stemborers and striga and improves soil fertility.
Ecological investigations on push-pull
Towards further sustainable intensification of push-pull systems
How to establish push-pull fields
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…
UPSCALE Training in Kenya: Establishment of climate-smart push-pull technology demonstration plot, September 2021
UPSCALE MAC Meeting in Tanzania, May 2021
Traditional occupancy–abundance models are inadequate for zero-inflated ecological count data
Traditional occupancy–abundance and abundance–variance–occupancy models do not take into account zero-inflation, which occurs when sampling rare species or in correlated counts arising from repeated measures.
The excess-zero problem in soil animal count data and choice of appropriate models for statistical inference
Recent studies show that soil animal count data are characterized by the presence of excess zeros and overdispersion, which violate the assumptions of standard statistical tests.
Evaluation of Statistical Models for Analysis of Insect, Disease and Weed Abundance and Incidence Data
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been a fundamental method used for analysis of abundance and incidence data.
Exploring Barriers to Accessing Evidence and Federal Resources for Equitable Green Infrastructure Implementation with NGOs
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.”
Upscaling the benefits of the Push-pull technology for sustainable agricultural intensification in East Africa
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.
Managing the Fall Armyworm Threat Using the Push–Pull Technology
Discover how you can benefit from push-pull through the comic book.
