Crop Loss Prevention

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How push-pull technology arrests devastating Fall armyworm, Stemborer & Striga weed

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Developed in 2017 by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), push-pull technology, has been shown to reduce infestation by the devastating fall armyworm by 80 per cent.  This is in addition to mitigating the effects of the equally deleterious Stemborer pest and Striga weed.  First confirmed in 2016 in Nigeria, by 2020, …

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Communal granaries help farmers preserve produce

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Farm­ers in the de­luge prone Bunyala area of Bud­alangi who have tra­di­tion­ally lost their har­vest due to in­cess­ant floods are now as­sured of safety of their har­vests thanks to com­munity granar­ies that are built on dry areas. The granar­ies, built through pool­ing to­gether of re­sources by local farm­ers, en­sure that any­time farm­ers har­vest they place …

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