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Demonstration on the use of augmentorium during farmers training in Muranga
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Pollination training in Muranga: A farmer being shown some pollinators
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Cabbages planted at icipe Duduville campus (l) under a Push-pull plot and (r) in a control plot
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Rachel Owino explaining how the Smart Fall armyworm trap works to a group from Australia Awards Africa at icipe Duduville campus
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Australia Awards Africa team learning about Push-Pull technology at icipe Duduville campus
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Training on Brachiaria seed multiplication in Kamonyi District, Southern Rwanda
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Farmer training on how to use Desmodium vines
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Desmodium seed production in Mashonaland East under Mukushi Seeds Company
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Demonstration on how to use root splits
Fall armyworm IPM
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in partnership with the European Union, is implementing a 4-year regional project dabbed, “The Integrated Pest Management Strategy to Counter the Threat of Invasive Fall Armyworm to Food Security in Eastern Africa (FAW-IPM).” The project aims to improve the resilience of smallholder maize production systems in eastern Africa through enhanced preparedness and eco-friendly management of the threat posed by FAW, to ensure food and nutritional security. The FAW-IPM project is a collaborative effort led by icipe in partnership with the National Research and Extension Systems (NARES), private sector, national governments, regional and international organizations; in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda.

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“These days, we’ve got enough to eat”
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The pioneering Push-Pull method and its appeal over agrochemicals
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Delicious livestock feed from Push–Pull technology: The experience from icipe Uganda office
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Ikoranabuhanga rya ‘Push Pull’ rirwanya ibyonnyi ryongereye umusaruro w’ubuhinzi
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Push-Pull technology can control fall armyworm
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How to make hay from Brachiaria Push-Pull plots
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial and technical support of our core donors: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden; UKAid, Government of the United Kingdom; Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Kenya; and Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.