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

Projektinformationen

UPSCALE

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 861998

DOI

10.3030/861998

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 28 April 2020

Startdatum 1 November 2020

Enddatum 31 Oktober 2025

Finanziert unter

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

Gesamtkosten

€ 7 655 597,50

EU-Beitrag

€ 7 655 597,50

Koordiniert durch

JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN
Germany

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Leistungen

Documents, reports (9)

Report on the UPSCALE promotion Events and Stakeholder Engagement
Report on ecological spill-over
Report on identity and structure of MACs
Report on push-pull integration in the value chain through transdisciplinary multi-actor involvement
Synthetic review of the options for expansion of push-pull and integration with other crops and practices
Report on socioeconomic, value chain, governance impacts
Report on gendered socioeconomic and policy barriers to push-pull adoption and possible strategies of addressing them
Strategic plan for knowledge-sharing and capacity-building in MACs
Report on effects of upscaling on agricultural effectiveness

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Knowledge Exchange Hub
Updated Knowledge Exchange Hub
Interactive online map to geovisualize push-pull effectiveness

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Other (1)

Smartphone app

Veröffentlichungen

Conference proceedings (18)

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

Autoren: Adewole Olagoke, Menale Kassie
Veröffentlicht in: Agri4D 2023 Conference: Building resilient food systems in uncertain times, Ausgabe 26-28 September 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
DOI: 10.22029/jlupub-18455

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

Autoren: Elisheba Amolo, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Veröffentlicht in: Tropentag Conference, Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:, Ausgabe Tropen tag Conference 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855901

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

Autoren: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Veröffentlicht in: """Tropentag Conference Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views”""", Ausgabe Tropen tag Conference 2022, 2022, Seite(n) 98
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855184

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

Autoren: Sylvia Buleti, Mary Musyoki, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Veröffentlicht in: Tropentag Conference, Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:, Ausgabe Tropen tag Conference 2023, 2023, Seite(n) 40
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855211

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

Autoren: Emily A. Martin
Veröffentlicht in: 6th European Congress of Conservation Biology “Biodiversity crisis in a changing world”, Prague, Czech Republic, Ausgabe August 22–26, 2022, 2022
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.22029/jlupub-18446

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

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

Performance of push-pull system under pigeon pea intensification

Autoren: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Veröffentlicht in: BioGeosphere Africa (BioGARD) Conference 2023 14th to 15th September 2023, Ausgabe BioGeosphere Africa (BioGARD)2023, 2023, Seite(n) 13
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10854434

The role of multi-actor communities of practice in dissemination of push-pull technology

Autoren: Esther Ngonga, Benjamin Ombok, D. O. Osewe, Fredrick Aila, George Odhiambo, Winnie Oliech, Dennis Mulupi, Cosmas Kiprono
Veröffentlicht in: 18th JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialization Conference and Exhibition, 2024
Herausgeber: JKUAT

Towards further intensification of push-pull technology with agroforestry.

Autoren: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Veröffentlicht in: World Congress on Agroforestry, Ausgabe 5th World Congress on Agroforestry Quebec City (18th to 20th July 2022)-, 2022
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855297

Improve Human, Animal Health, and Food Security Improving Human and Animal Health, and Food Security through Agroecological Practices: A Review Paper

Autoren: Dennis Mulupi, Esther Ng'ong'a, Benjamin Ombok, Winnie Oliech, Cosmas Kiprono, Fredrick Aila, George Odhiambo
Veröffentlicht in: 18th JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialization Conference and Exhibition, 2025
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5326484

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

Autoren: """Shem Kuyah(JKUAT), Charles Midega(PHI), Mattias Jonsson(SLU)"""
Veröffentlicht in: """Tropentag Conference Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views”""", Ausgabe Tropen tag Conference 2022, 2023, Seite(n) 53
Herausgeber: -

Upscaling multi-cropping system of maize-Desmodium spp with vegetables as a sustainable development strategy in agriculture

Autoren: Cosmas Kiprono, George Odhiambo, Barun Ogindo, Fredrick Aila, Benjamin Ombok
Veröffentlicht in: 18th JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialization Conference and Exhibition, 2024
Herausgeber: JKUAT

Rebuilding soil fertility through crop diversification in smallholder farming systems in western Kenya

Autoren: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Veröffentlicht in: 9th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter, 2024
Herausgeber: 9th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter

How well do the CORDEX-CORE simulations capture the seasonal variation of rainfall in East Africa?

Autoren: Wilhelm May
Veröffentlicht in: 2025
Herausgeber: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-4020

Quantifying ecological structure and ecosystem services in farmland

Autoren: Emily Poppenborg Martin
Veröffentlicht in: "Symposium series ""Current Themes in Ecology"" of the Netherlands Ecological Research Network", 2023
Herausgeber: -

Options for sustainable intensification of smallholder farms in western Kenya

Autoren: Sylvia Buleti, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Veröffentlicht in: Ecosystem Service Partnership conference, Ausgabe 3rd Ecosystem Service Partnership conference Rwanda, 2022
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10868474

"""Ecosystem Services Within the Vegetable Integrated Push-Pull (VIPPT) Protect Brassicasagainst Diamondback Moth with Improved Yield and Quality"""

Autoren: F. Chidawanyika, J.P. Pittchar, S. Subramanian, Z.R. Khan
Veröffentlicht in: Ninth International Conference on Management of the Diamondback Moth and Other Crucifer Insect Pests, Cambodia, May 2-5 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: IOBC-Global

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

Autoren: Emily A. Martin, Felipe Librán Embid, Adewole Olagoke
Veröffentlicht in: Annual conference of the Gfö, Leipzig Sept 12th-16th 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: -

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

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

Autoren: E. Poppenborg Martin, F. Libran Embid, A. Olagoke
Veröffentlicht in: Open Access Government, Ausgabe July 2021, 2021, Seite(n) 472-473, ISSN 2516-3817
Herausgeber: Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd

Peer reviewed articles (22)

Harmonized NDVI time-series from Landsat and Sentinel-2 reveal phenological patterns of diverse, small-scale cropping systems in East Africa

Autoren: Adomas Liepa, Michael Thiel, Hannes Taubenböck, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Itohan-Osa Abu, Maninder Singh Dhillon, Insa Otte, Michael Hilary Otim, Moses Lutaakome, David Meinhof, Emily A. Martin, Tobias Ullmann
Veröffentlicht in: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Ausgabe 35, 2024, Seite(n) 101230, ISSN 2352-9385
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101230

Pigeon pea: A companion crop for boosting maize growth and striga control in push-pull farming systems in Western Kenya

Autoren: Sylvia Buleti, Shem Kuyah, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua
Veröffentlicht in: Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Ausgabe 24, 2025, Seite(n) 32-49, ISSN 1561-7645
Herausgeber: African Journals Online (AJOL)
DOI: 10.4314/jagst.v24i1.3

The role of Multi Actor Communities of practice in dissemination of push-pull technology

Autoren: Esther Ngonga, Benjamin Ombok, D.O. Osewe, Fredrick Aila, George Odhiambo
Veröffentlicht in: Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Ausgabe 23, 2024, Seite(n) 166-174, ISSN 1561-7645
Herausgeber: African Journals Online (AJOL)
DOI: 10.4314/jagst.v23i3.10

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

Autoren: MC Schuman
Veröffentlicht in: Annual Review of Plant Biology, Ausgabe 74, 2023, Seite(n) 609-633, ISSN 1543-5008
Herausgeber: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-040121-114908

Effect of collaboration on financial performance of push-pull technology smallholder farms in western Kenya

Autoren: Oliech, W. A., Ombok, B. O., & Aila, F.
Veröffentlicht in: The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, Ausgabe Vol. 11, Ausgabe 4, 2024, Seite(n) 226-335, ISSN 2312-9492
Herausgeber: strategicjournal.com
DOI: 10.61426/sjbcm.v11i4.3077

An assessment of vegetable production constraints, trait preferences and willingness to adopt sustainable intensification options in Kenya and Uganda

Autoren: Rose N. Okoma, Evanson R. Omuse, Daniel M. Mutyambai, Dennis Beesigamukama, Marius F. Murongo, Sevgan Subramanian, Frank Chidawanyika
Veröffentlicht in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Ausgabe 9, 2025, ISSN 2571-581X
Herausgeber: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1471333

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

Autoren: PJ Zu, R García‐García, MC Schuman, S Saavedra, CJ Melián
Veröffentlicht in: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Ausgabe 61, 2023, Seite(n) 445-453, ISSN 1674-4918
Herausgeber: 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

Autoren: Felipe Librán-Embid, Adewole Olagoke & Emily A. Martin 
Veröffentlicht in: Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023
Herausgeber: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-023-00896-7

Impacts of climate-resilient push–pull technology on farmers’ income in selected counties in Kenya and Tanzania: propensity score matching approach

Autoren: Fredrick O. Ouya, Alice W. Murage, Jimmy O. Pittchar, Frank Chidawanyika, John A. Pickett, Zeyaur R. Khan
Veröffentlicht in: Agriculture & Food Security, Ausgabe 12, 2024, ISSN 2048-7010
Herausgeber: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s40066-023-00418-4

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

Autoren: Jakob Lang, Sergio E. Ramos, Marharyta Smohunova, Laurent Bigler, Meredith C. Schuman
Veröffentlicht in: Plant Direct, Ausgabe 8, 2024, ISSN 2475-4455
Herausgeber: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/pld3.578

Earth observations reveal impacts of climate variability on maize cropping systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Autoren: Adomas Liepa, Michael Thiel, Hannes Taubenböck, Doris Klein, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Marcell K. Peters, Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt, Insa Otte, Tobias Landmann, Zeyaur R. Khan, Michael Ochieng Obondo, Frank Chidawanyika, Emily A. Martin, Tobias Ullmann
Veröffentlicht in: GIScience & Remote Sensing, Ausgabe 62, 2025, ISSN 1548-1603
Herausgeber: V.H. Winston and Sons, Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2025.2476248

Push–Pull Intercropping Increases the Antiherbivore Benzoxazinoid Glycoside Content in Maize Leaf Tissue

Autoren: Jakob Lang, Sergio E. Ramos, Linus Reichert, Grace M. Amboka, Celina Apel, Frank Chidawanyika, Andargachew Detebo, Felipe Librán-Embid, David Meinhof, Laurent Bigler, Meredith C. Schuman
Veröffentlicht in: ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, Ausgabe 4, 2024, Seite(n) 1074-1082, ISSN 2692-1952
Herausgeber: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.4c00386

Effects of Farmers' Socio-economic Characteristics on Adoption of Push Pull Technology in Western Kenya: Insights from UPSCALE Project

Autoren: Esther Ng'ong'a, Benjamin Ombok, George Odhiambo, Fredrick Aila
Veröffentlicht in: SSRN Electronic Journal, 2025, ISSN 1556-5068
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5325566

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

Autoren: Sylvia Imbuhila Buleti, Shem Kuyah, Adewole Olagoke,Moses Gichua, Samuel Were,Frank Chidawanyika and Emily A. Martin
Veröffentlicht in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, section Land, Livelihoods and Food Security., Ausgabe Volume 7 - 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: 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?

Autoren: J Lang, F Chidawanyika, ZR Khan, MC Schuman
Veröffentlicht in: Chimia, Ausgabe 76, 2022, Seite(n) 906, ISSN 2673-2424
Herausgeber: -
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)

Autoren: Isgren, E., Clough, Y., Murage, A., Andersson, E.
Veröffentlicht in: Food Security, Ausgabe 15, 2023, Seite(n) 1399–1420, ISSN 1876-4517
Herausgeber: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-023-01387-z

Sustainable intensification of vegetable production using the cereal ‘push-pull technology’: benefits and one health implications

Autoren: Frank Chidawanyika, Beatrice Muriithi, Saliou Niassy, Fredrick O. Ouya, Jimmy O. Pittchar, Menale Kassie, Zeyaur R. Khan
Veröffentlicht in: Environmental Sustainability, Ausgabe 6, 2023, Seite(n) 25-34, ISSN 2523-8922
Herausgeber: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s42398-023-00260-1

Structure, tree diversity, and aboveground carbon stocks of smallholder farms with push-pull technology in western Kenya

Autoren: Elisheba Amolo Imbaya, Shem Kuyah, Moses Gichua, Samuel Were
Veröffentlicht in: Trees, Forests and People, Ausgabe 17, 2024, Seite(n) 100645, ISSN 2666-7193
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100645

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

Autoren: 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
Veröffentlicht in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Ausgabe Volume 352, 15 August 2023, 2023, Seite(n) 108511, ISSN 0167-8809
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108511

The 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 behavior

Autoren: Denis Waiswa, Beatrice Wambui Muriithi, Alice W. Murage, Dave Mwangi Ireri, Fredah Maina, Frank Chidawanyika, Fahri Yavuz
Veröffentlicht in: Heliyon, Ausgabe 11, 2025, Seite(n) e41449, ISSN 2405-8440
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41449

Opportunities for expansion of push-pull technology as an agroecological and sustainable intensification approach in Africa

Autoren: Gudeta W. Sileshi, Shem Kuyah, Meredith C. Schuman, Frank Chidawanyika, Beatrice W. Muriithi, Charles A. O. Midega, Adewole Olagoke, Michael H. Otim, Paramu L. Mafongoya, Emily A. Martin
Veröffentlicht in: npj Sustainable Agriculture, Ausgabe 3, 2025, ISSN 2731-9202
Herausgeber: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44264-025-00069-x

An Intensified Cereal Push-Pull System Reduces Pest Infestation and Confers Yield Advantages in High-Value Vegetables

Autoren: Frank Chidawanyika, Evanson R. Omuse, Lavender O. Agutu, Jimmy O. Pittchar, Dickens Nyagol, Zeyaur R. Khan
Veröffentlicht in: Journal of Crop Health, Ausgabe 77, 2025, ISSN 2948-264X
Herausgeber: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s10343-024-01107-3

Other (6)

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

Autoren: Ngóngá E., Oliech W., Mulupi D., Kiprono C., Aila, F. O. (MU), Ombok, B. O. (MU), Odhiambo, G. D. (MU)
Veröffentlicht in: Social Science Research Network, Ausgabe April 4, 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4410117 

The Effect of Cropping Systems on component crop productivity and Land Resource Use

Autoren: Cosmas Kiprono, George Odhiambo, Fredrick Aila, Benjamin Ombok
Veröffentlicht in: 2025
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5326548

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

Autoren: J Lang, SE Ramos, M Smohunova, L Bigler, MC Schuman
Veröffentlicht in: BioRxiv, 2023
Herausgeber: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.26.546251

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

Autoren: Mulupi D., Ngóngá E., Oliech W., Kiprono C., Aila, F. O. (MU), Ombok, B. O. (MU), Odhiambo, G. D. (MU)
Veröffentlicht in: Social Science Research Network, Ausgabe April 9, 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4413772

<i>Desmodium</i>Volatiles in “Push-Pull” Cropping Systems and Protection Against the Fall Armyworm,<i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>

Autoren: Daria M. Odermatt, Frank Chidawanyika, Daniel M. Mutyambai, Bernhard Schmid, Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta, Collins O. Onjura, Amanuel Tamiru, Meredith C. Schuman
Veröffentlicht in: BioRxiv, 2025
Herausgeber: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.24.604900

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

Autoren: Dennis Kimoso Mulupi, Esther Ng’ong’a, Winnie Oliech, Cosmas Kiprono, Fredrick Aila, Benjamin Ombok, George Odhiambo
Veröffentlicht in: Social Science Research Network, Ausgabe 12 Jul 2023, 2023
Herausgeber: -
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4500393