The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is immensely proud of the ‘push–pull’ programme’s achievements. During the past 20 years, push–pull has become a true platform technology that simultaneously addresses the most critical constraints faced by poor cereal–livestock farmers: poor soils and correspondingly low yields, high pest pressure, the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica, and shortage of high-quality livestock fodder.
Push–pull is a science-based technology that focuses specifically on the problems facing smallholder and subsistence farmers. Because of its holistic approach, it has enabled nearly 97,000 such farmers to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. This scale of impact means that it is having a dramatic effect on entire rural communities and economies.
Authors: icipe group of experts
Contact address: icipe@icipe.org
Institution: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Twitter name of the institution: @icipe
Twitter link: https://x.com/icipe
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The ‘Push–Pull’ Farming System: Climate-smart, Sustainable Agriculture for Africa
