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. If well established, the plot produces a high yield of healthy cereal crops. The desmodium and Napier or brachiaria grass also provide nutritious and quality feed for livestock.
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