Farmers’ guide on planting a Push-pull field using desmodium vines

November 22, 2023

Stemborers and striga weeds are major problems in maize production. Many farmers want to plant their maize fields under Push-Pull technology to control stemborers and striga weeds. But in many areas desmodium seed can be hard to obtain or some… Continue Reading…

Farming practice • Pest/disease control • Push-Pull in practice

Control fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) using the Push-Pull Technology (PPT)

August 9, 2023

In 2016, Africa was invaded by a new threat to crop production called fall armyworm. It is a highly destructive moth that inflicts damage to a variety of crops and is most devastating to cereals such as maize and sorghum…. Continue Reading…

Farming practice • Multiactor communitites of practice • Pest/disease control • Push-Pull in practice

Integrated pest Management that increases crop and livestock production

July 18, 2023

Farmers in Gatsibo District, Nyagihanga sector, are embracing the numerous benefits of Push-Pull farming, an environmentally friendly approach that eliminates the need for chemical pesticides. Push-Pull technology not only offers significant environmental advantages but also brings substantial socio-economic benefits to… Continue Reading…

Farming practice • Pest/disease control

Striga weeds

July 3, 2023

Striga or 'witchweeds' are parasitic weeds that affect cereal crops in many parts of Africa, reducing production from 30 to 100%, or complete loss of the crop. If maize plants are attacked by both stemborers and striga weed, the yield... Continue Reading…

Pest/disease control • Push-Pull in practice

Losing your maize yield to stemborers and striga?

December 14, 2023

Stemborers and striga weeds cause major losses to maize production throughout Africa. Maize yield losses due to stemborers can vary from 20-40%. Striga weeds infest 40% of the arable land in sub-Saharan Africa, causing an annual crop loss of US$... Continue Reading…

Pest/disease control • Push-Pull in practice

Stemborers

December 14, 2023

Stemborers are one of the most destructive pests of cereal crops and can greatly reduce yields of maize and sorghum on smallholder farms. These pests can cause yield losses of 30 to 100% if they are not controlled. Control of... Continue Reading…

Multiactor communitites of practice • Push-Pull in practice

Empowerment, support and challenges in implementing push-pull

May 23, 2022

Rwanda UPSCALE MAC Management Second Meeting , 8-9th December 2021

How multi actor communities of practice enhance and support the spread of push-pull technology among smallholder farmers in East Africa During a meeting in Rwanda, organized by Food for the Hungry (FH) Association Rwanda and Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources... Continue Reading…

Earth Observation • Push-Pull in practice

Ecological investigations on push-pull

September 23, 2023

Installation of Pitfall traps inside grassland (David Meinhof)

In the period of September 13th, 2021 to October 5th, 2021 in and around Kamuli district, in the North-East of Central Uganda, UPSCALE team consisting of David Meinhof, Adomas Liepa, Dr Insa Otte conducted first field trials of ecological investigations... Continue Reading…

Farming practice

Towards further sustainable intensification of push-pull systems

June 20, 2022

As part of the effort to bring push-pull beyond its limitations to the next level, UPSCALE partner, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), conducted a needs assessment involving farmers and key informants involved in agriculture in Kisumu, Siaya... Continue Reading…

Farming practice • Push-Pull in practice

How to establish push-pull fields

August 9, 2023

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…

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Farmers’ guide on planting a Push-pull field using desmodium vines

Control fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) using the Push-Pull Technology (PPT)

Integrated pest Management that increases crop and livestock production

Striga weeds

Losing your maize yield to stemborers and striga?

Stemborers

Empowerment, support and challenges in implementing push-pull

Ecological investigations on push-pull

Towards further sustainable intensification of push-pull systems

How to establish push-pull fields

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