UPSCALING THE BENEFITS OF PUSH-PULL TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION IN EAST AFRICA

Project description

Push–pull technology for East Africa

Push–pull technology is a strategy for controlling agricultural pests by using repellent ('push') and trap ('pull') crops. The EU-funded UPSCALE project aims to scale up the understanding and applicability of push–pull from individual fields to farm, landscape and regional scales, and from cereal to other crops and cultivation systems. By determining the factors influencing push–pull success across scales, the project will enable the targeted implementation and prediction of push–pull effectiveness and resilience under current and future climate conditions. By harnessing the benefits of push–pull technology across scales and crops, UPSCALE will catalyse the design and widespread implementation of climate-smart and environmentally friendly food production in East Africa and beyond.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › food and beverages › food safety
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds › cereals
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience

Topic(s)

• SFS-35-2019-2020 - Sustainable Intensification in Africa

Call for proposal

H2020-SFS-2019-2
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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER

Address

Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
Germany

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 998 275,33

Participants (17)

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY LBG

Kenya

EU contribution

€ 1 065 660

Address

Off Thika Road Duduville Campus
0100 Nairobi

Activity type

Research Organisations

BAYERISCHE FORSCHUNGSALLIANZ BAVARIAN RESEARCH ALLIANCE GMBH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 334 944,50

Address

Prinzregentenstrasse 52
80538 Munchen

Activity type

Other

EASTERN AFRICA FARMERS' FEDERATION SOCIETY

Kenya

EU contribution

€ 235 625

Address

Rhapta Road Nelleon Place Westlands
00800 Nairobi

Activity type

Other

JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

Kenya

EU contribution

€ 260 921,25

Address

Juja
00200 Nairobi

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANISATION

Kenya

EU contribution

€ 332 250

Address

Kaptagat Road Kalro Headquarters Loresho
00200 Nairobi

Activity type

Research Organisations

MASENO UNIVERSITY

Kenya

EU contribution

€ 477 450

Address

Pobox 3275
40100 Kisumu

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

FH ASSOCIATION

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 275 733,75

Address

Avenue Louis-casai 81
1216 Cointrin

Activity type

Other

RWANDA AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Rwanda

EU contribution

€ 80 500

Address

K K 18 Ave Rubilizi Kicukiro Distr
5016 Kigali

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

INOSENS DOO NOVI SAD

Serbia

EU contribution

€ 250 000

Address

Sonje Marinkovic 18/1/3
21000 Novi Sad

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL

South Africa

EU contribution

€ 146 250

Address

University Road, Chiltern Hills
3630 Westville

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

LUNDS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

EU contribution

€ 527 161,61

Address

Paradisgatan 5C
22100 Lund

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET

Sweden

EU contribution

€ 400 551,88

Address

Almas Alle 8
750 07 Uppsala

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIVERSITAT ZURICH

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 403 000,43

Address

Ramistrasse 71
8006 Zurich

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

TANZANIA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Tanzania

EU contribution

€ 219 000

Address

Po Box 1571
255 Dodoma

Activity type

Research Organisations

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION

Uganda

EU contribution

€ 535 000

Address

Plot 13 Lugard Avenue
295 Entebbe

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Ethiopia

EU contribution

€ 314 611,25

Address

Yeka Subsity, Wereda 08, House No 847
1110 Addis Ababa

Activity type

Other

JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT WURZBURG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 798 662,50

Address

Sanderring 2
97070 Wuerzburg

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments