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

Informazioni relative al progetto

UPSCALE

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 861998

DOI

10.3030/861998

Data della firma CE 28 Aprile 2020

Data di avvio 1 Novembre 2020

Data di completamento 31 Ottobre 2025

Finanziato da

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

Costo totale

€ 7 655 597,50

Contributo UE

€ 7 655 597,50

Coordinato da

JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN
Germany

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Risultati finali

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

Pubblicazioni

Conference proceedings (18)

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

Autori: Adewole Olagoke, Menale Kassie
Pubblicato in: Agri4D 2023 Conference: Building resilient food systems in uncertain times, Numero 26-28 September 2023, 2023
Editore: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
DOI: 10.22029/jlupub-18455

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

Autori: Elisheba Amolo, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Pubblicato in: Tropentag Conference, Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:, Numero Tropen tag Conference 2023, 2023
Editore: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855901

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

Autori: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Pubblicato in: """Tropentag Conference Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views”""", Numero Tropen tag Conference 2022, 2022, Pagina/e 98
Editore: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855184

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

Autori: Sylvia Buleti, Mary Musyoki, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Pubblicato in: Tropentag Conference, Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:, Numero Tropen tag Conference 2023, 2023, Pagina/e 40
Editore: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10855211

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

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

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

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

Performance of push-pull system under pigeon pea intensification

Autori: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Pubblicato in: BioGeosphere Africa (BioGARD) Conference 2023 14th to 15th September 2023, Numero BioGeosphere Africa (BioGARD)2023, 2023, Pagina/e 13
Editore: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10854434

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

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

Towards further intensification of push-pull technology with agroforestry.

Autori: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Pubblicato in: World Congress on Agroforestry, Numero 5th World Congress on Agroforestry Quebec City (18th to 20th July 2022)-, 2022
Editore: -
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

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

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

Autori: """Shem Kuyah(JKUAT), Charles Midega(PHI), Mattias Jonsson(SLU)"""
Pubblicato in: """Tropentag Conference Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views”""", Numero Tropen tag Conference 2022, 2023, Pagina/e 53
Editore: -

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

Autori: Cosmas Kiprono, George Odhiambo, Barun Ogindo, Fredrick Aila, Benjamin Ombok
Pubblicato in: 18th JKUAT Scientific, Technological and Industrialization Conference and Exhibition, 2024
Editore: JKUAT

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

Autori: Sylvia Buleti, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua, Shem Kuyah
Pubblicato in: 9th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter, 2024
Editore: 9th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter

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

Autori: Wilhelm May
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-4020

Quantifying ecological structure and ecosystem services in farmland

Autori: Emily Poppenborg Martin
Pubblicato in: "Symposium series ""Current Themes in Ecology"" of the Netherlands Ecological Research Network", 2023
Editore: -

Options for sustainable intensification of smallholder farms in western Kenya

Autori: Sylvia Buleti, Shem Kuyah (JKUAT)
Pubblicato in: Ecosystem Service Partnership conference, Numero 3rd Ecosystem Service Partnership conference Rwanda, 2022
Editore: -
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10868474

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

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

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

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

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

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

Autori: E. Poppenborg Martin, F. Libran Embid, A. Olagoke
Pubblicato in: Open Access Government, Numero July 2021, 2021, Pagina/e 472-473, ISSN 2516-3817
Editore: 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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Numero 35, 2024, Pagina/e 101230, ISSN 2352-9385
Editore: 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

Autori: Sylvia Buleti, Shem Kuyah, Samuel Were, Moses Gichua
Pubblicato in: Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Numero 24, 2025, Pagina/e 32-49, ISSN 1561-7645
Editore: African Journals Online (AJOL)
DOI: 10.4314/jagst.v24i1.3

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

Autori: Esther Ngonga, Benjamin Ombok, D.O. Osewe, Fredrick Aila, George Odhiambo
Pubblicato in: Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Numero 23, 2024, Pagina/e 166-174, ISSN 1561-7645
Editore: 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

Autori: MC Schuman
Pubblicato in: Annual Review of Plant Biology, Numero 74, 2023, Pagina/e 609-633, ISSN 1543-5008
Editore: 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

Autori: Oliech, W. A., Ombok, B. O., & Aila, F.
Pubblicato in: The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, Numero Vol. 11, Numero 4, 2024, Pagina/e 226-335, ISSN 2312-9492
Editore: 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

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

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

Autori: PJ Zu, R García‐García, MC Schuman, S Saavedra, CJ Melián
Pubblicato in: Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Numero 61, 2023, Pagina/e 445-453, ISSN 1674-4918
Editore: 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

Autori: Felipe Librán-Embid, Adewole Olagoke & Emily A. Martin 
Pubblicato in: Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023
Editore: 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

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

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

Autori: Jakob Lang, Sergio E. Ramos, Marharyta Smohunova, Laurent Bigler, Meredith C. Schuman
Pubblicato in: Plant Direct, Numero 8, 2024, ISSN 2475-4455
Editore: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/pld3.578

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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: GIScience & Remote Sensing, Numero 62, 2025, ISSN 1548-1603
Editore: 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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, Numero 4, 2024, Pagina/e 1074-1082, ISSN 2692-1952
Editore: 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

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

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

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

Autori: J Lang, F Chidawanyika, ZR Khan, MC Schuman
Pubblicato in: Chimia, Numero 76, 2022, Pagina/e 906, ISSN 2673-2424
Editore: -
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)

Autori: Isgren, E., Clough, Y., Murage, A., Andersson, E.
Pubblicato in: Food Security, Numero 15, 2023, Pagina/e 1399–1420, ISSN 1876-4517
Editore: 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

Autori: Frank Chidawanyika, Beatrice Muriithi, Saliou Niassy, Fredrick O. Ouya, Jimmy O. Pittchar, Menale Kassie, Zeyaur R. Khan
Pubblicato in: Environmental Sustainability, Numero 6, 2023, Pagina/e 25-34, ISSN 2523-8922
Editore: 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

Autori: Elisheba Amolo Imbaya, Shem Kuyah, Moses Gichua, Samuel Were
Pubblicato in: Trees, Forests and People, Numero 17, 2024, Pagina/e 100645, ISSN 2666-7193
Editore: 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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Numero Volume 352, 15 August 2023, 2023, Pagina/e 108511, ISSN 0167-8809
Editore: 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

Autori: Denis Waiswa, Beatrice Wambui Muriithi, Alice W. Murage, Dave Mwangi Ireri, Fredah Maina, Frank Chidawanyika, Fahri Yavuz
Pubblicato in: Heliyon, Numero 11, 2025, Pagina/e e41449, ISSN 2405-8440
Editore: 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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: npj Sustainable Agriculture, Numero 3, 2025, ISSN 2731-9202
Editore: 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

Autori: Frank Chidawanyika, Evanson R. Omuse, Lavender O. Agutu, Jimmy O. Pittchar, Dickens Nyagol, Zeyaur R. Khan
Pubblicato in: Journal of Crop Health, Numero 77, 2025, ISSN 2948-264X
Editore: 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?

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

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

Autori: Cosmas Kiprono, George Odhiambo, Fredrick Aila, Benjamin Ombok
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5326548

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

Autori: J Lang, SE Ramos, M Smohunova, L Bigler, MC Schuman
Pubblicato in: BioRxiv, 2023
Editore: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.26.546251

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

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

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

Autori: Daria M. Odermatt, Frank Chidawanyika, Daniel M. Mutyambai, Bernhard Schmid, Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta, Collins O. Onjura, Amanuel Tamiru, Meredith C. Schuman
Pubblicato in: BioRxiv, 2025
Editore: 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.

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