Push-Pull in practice

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. 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.

 

Authors: icipe team

Contact address: http://www.icipe.org/

Institution: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

Twitter name of the institution: @icipe

Twitter link: https://x.com/icipe

 

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Upscaling the benefits of the Push-pull technology for sustainable agricultural intensification in East Africa

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