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UPSCALE General Assembly 2024

January 30, 2024

The UPSCALE General Assembly will be held in Entebbe, Uganda on January 29th-31st 2024. Consortium will represent past and future steps in order to achieve project’s goals.

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…

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 • 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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Striga weeds

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…
June 20, 2022

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upscale_h2020 UPSCALE @upscale_h2020 ·
31 Jan

🌟Over the past two days, at the General Assembly the partners engaged in discussions on sustainable farming practices to thought-provoking sessions on the intersection of work packages.

Explore photos and explore the website for the latest news https://upscale-h2020.eu/🌟

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29 Jan

🌍 Exciting First Day at the #Upscale General Assembly in #Uganda! 🇺🇬

Looking forward to more fruitful discussions, collaborations, and discoveries in the days ahead! 💡

@upscale_h2020 @BayFOR #researchCollaboration

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