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● projectScaled · systemic · 1997
Push-Pull Technology (icipe)
Agroecological pest management system for maize and sorghum in which desmodium (which repels the stemborer and suppresses striga weed) is intercropped with the cereal, and Napier or Brachiaria grass is planted on the border as a trap crop.
illustrative atlas image · Lumin Osity / UnsplashICInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)JKJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (proyecto UPSCALE)ZKZeyaur KhanCMCharles Midega
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01 The context
Developed by icipe with Rothamsted Research and disseminated in western Kenya. The climate-smart version uses drought-tolerant Greenleaf desmodium and Brachiaria cv Mulato.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceImpacts of climate-resilient push-pull technology on farmers' income in selected counties in Kenya and Tanzania: propensity score matching approachAgriculture & Food Security (Springer Nature), vol. 12, art. 15 · 2023
EvidenceThe role of social-psychological factors in the adoption of push-pull technology by small-scale farmers in East Africa: Application of the theory of planned behaviorHeliyon (Elsevier), vol. 11, núm. 1, art. e41449 · 2024