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

Project Information

UPSCALE

Grant agreement ID: 861998

DOI 10.3030/861998

EC signature date 28 April 2020

Start date 1 November 2020

End date 31 October 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 7 655 597,50

EU contribution € 7 655 597,50

Coordinated by

JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN
Germany

Deliverables

Documents, reports (4)

Report on the UPSCALE promotion Events and Stakeholder Engagement
Report on identity and structure of MACs
Synthetic review of the options for expansion of push-pull and integration with other crops and practices
Strategic plan for knowledge-sharing and capacity-building in MACs

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Knowledge Exchange Hub

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Other (1)

Smartphone app

Publications

Conference proceedings (12)

From Project interventions to Transformative Impacts: Charting Paths for Sustained Adoption of Agri-Food Innovations

Author(s): Adewole Olagoke, Menale Kassie
Published in: Agri4D 2023 Conference: Building resilient food systems in uncertain times, Issue 26-28 September 2023, 2023
Publisher: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
DOI: 10.22029/jlupub-18455

Tree diversity and aboveground carbon stocks in push-pull systems in western Kenya

Author(s): Elisheba Amolo, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Published in: Tropentag Conference, Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:, Issue Tropen tag Conference 2023, 2023
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855901

Sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems using push-pull as a template

Author(s): Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Published in: """Tropentag Conference Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views”""", Issue Tropen tag Conference 2022, 2022, Page(s) 98
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855184

Performance of integrated climate smart push-pull system with pigeon pea as an intensification pathway

Author(s): Sylvia Buleti, Mary Musyoki, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Published in: Tropentag Conference, Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:, Issue Tropen tag Conference 2023, 2023, Page(s) 40
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855211

Harnessing the push-pull technology for biodiverse agroecosystems in East Africa: the UPSCALE project

Author(s): Emily A. Martin
Published in: 6th European Congress of Conservation Biology “Biodiversity crisis in a changing world”, Prague, Czech Republic, Issue August 22–26, 2022, 2022
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.22029/jlupub-18446

From Trialing to Adaptation: Embracing Nuanced Farmers’ Adoption for Agroecological Transitions

Author(s): Adewole Olagoke, Menale Kassie, Shem Kuyah, Saliou Niassy, Kerstin Nolte and Emily A. Martin
Published in: 52nd Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Gfoe), 2023
Publisher: -

Performance of push-pull system under pigeon pea intensification

Author(s): Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Published in: BioGeosphere Africa (BioGARD) Conference 2023 14th to 15th September 2023, Issue BioGeosphere Africa (BioGARD)2023, 2023, Page(s) 13
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10854434

Towards further intensification of push-pull technology with agroforestry.

Author(s): Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Published in: World Congress on Agroforestry, Issue 5th World Congress on Agroforestry Quebec City (18th to 20th July 2022)-, 2022
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855297

Effects of mixed cropping on weeds and crop yield – a meta-analysis

Author(s): """Shem Kuyah(JKUAT), Charles Midega(PHI), Mattias Jonsson(SLU)"""
Published in: """Tropentag Conference Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views”""", Issue Tropen tag Conference 2022, 2023, Page(s) 53
Publisher: -

Quantifying ecological structure and ecosystem services in farmland

Author(s): Emily Poppenborg Martin
Published in: "Symposium series ""Current Themes in Ecology"" of the Netherlands Ecological Research Network", 2023
Publisher: -

Options for sustainable intensification of smallholder farms in western Kenya

Author(s): Sylvia Buleti, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Published in: Ecosystem Service Partnership conference, Issue 3rd Ecosystem Service Partnership conference Rwanda, 2022
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10868474

The upscaling and out-scaling of ecological intensification: how smallholder farms can inform the science of managing biocontrol at scale

Author(s): Emily A. Martin, Felipe Librán Embid, Adewole Olagoke
Published in: Annual conference of the Gfö, Leipzig Sept 12th-16th 2023, 2023
Publisher: -

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Upscaling push-pull technology for sustainable agricultural intensification in East Africa

Author(s): E. Poppenborg Martin, F. Libran Embid, A. Olagoke
Published in: Open Access Government, Issue July 2021, 2021, Page(s) 472-473, ISSN 2516-3817
Publisher: Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Where, When, and Why Do Plant Volatiles Mediate Ecological Signaling? The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind

Author(s): MC Schuman
Published in: Annual Review of Plant Biology, Issue 74, 2023, Page(s) 609-633, ISSN 1543-5008
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-040121-114908

Plant–insect chemical communication in ecological communities: An information theory perspective

Author(s): PJ Zu, R García‐García, MC Schuman, S Saavedra, CJ Melián
Published in: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Issue 61, 2023, Page(s) 445-453, ISSN 1674-4918
Publisher: Ke xue chu ban she
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12841

Combining Milpa and Push-Pull Technology for sustainable food production in smallholder agriculture. A review

Author(s): Felipe Librán-Embid, Adewole Olagoke & Emily A. Martin 
Published in: Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-023-00896-7

Farmers’ perceived pathways for further intensification of push-pull systems in Western Kenya

Author(s): Sylvia Imbuhila Buleti, Shem Kuyah, Adewole Olagoke,Moses Gichua, Samuel Were,Frank Chidawanyika and Emily A. Martin
Published in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, section Land, Livelihoods and Food Security., Issue Volume 7 - 2023, 2023
Publisher: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Journal
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1191038

Ecological Chemistry of Pest Control in Push-Pull Intercropping Systems: What We Know, and Where to Go?

Author(s): J Lang, F Chidawanyika, ZR Khan, MC Schuman
Published in: Chimia, Issue 76, 2022, Page(s) 906, ISSN 2673-2424
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2022.906

Are agricultural extension systems ready to scale up ecological intensification in East Africa? A literature review with particular attention to the Push-Pull Technology (PPT)

Author(s): Isgren, E., Clough, Y., Murage, A., Andersson, E.
Published in: Food Security, Issue 15, 2023, Page(s) 1399–1420, ISSN 1876-4517
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-023-01387-z

Are agricultural extension systems ready to scale up ecological intensification in East Africa? A literature review with particular attention to the Push-Pull Technology (PPT)

Author(s): Ellinor Isgren; Yann Clough; Alice Murage; Elina Andersson
Published in: Food Security, Issue 29 August 2023, 2023, Page(s) 1399–1420, ISSN 1876-4517
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-023-01387-z

Climate change and ecological intensification of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa–A systems approach to predict maize yield under push-pull technology

Author(s): Nikolaos Alexandridis, Benjamin Feit, Job Kihara, Tim Luttermoser, Wilhelm May, Charles Midega, Ingrid Öborn, Katja Poveda, Gudeta W Sileshi, Beyene Zewdie, Yann Clough, Mattias Jonsson
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue Volume 352, 15 August 2023, 2023, Page(s) 108511, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108511

Other (4)

1. Maize From Push-Pull Technology (PPT): Can the Produce Be Differentiated?

Author(s): Ngóngá E., Oliech W., Mulupi D., Kiprono C., Aila, F. O. (MU), Ombok, B. O. (MU), Odhiambo, G. D. (MU)
Published in: Social Science Research Network, Issue April 4, 2023, 2023
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4410117 

Screening of leaf extraction and storage conditions for eco-metabolomics studies

Author(s): J Lang, SE Ramos, M Smohunova, L Bigler, MC Schuman
Published in: BioRxiv, 2023
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.26.546251

2. Promoting Conservation Agriculture through Push-Pull Technology as an Agroecological Transition

Author(s): Mulupi D., Ngóngá E., Oliech W., Kiprono C., Aila, F. O. (MU), Ombok, B. O. (MU), Odhiambo, G. D. (MU)
Published in: Social Science Research Network, Issue April 9, 2023, 2023
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4413772

Agripreneurship is coming of age. Opportunities for Youth and Women Empowerment in UPSCALE PROJECT.

Author(s): Dennis Kimoso Mulupi, Esther Ng’ong’a, Winnie Oliech, Cosmas Kiprono, Fredrick Aila, Benjamin Ombok, George Odhiambo
Published in: Social Science Research Network, Issue 12 Jul 2023, 2023
Publisher: -
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4500393