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REALIZING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF PUSH-PULL TECHNOLOGY BY EXPANDING ITS SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY

Dear UPSCALE Community

Welcome to the first edition of UPSCALE Project Newsletter! Since now, you may expect great content filled with highlights from recent events and activities of the UPSCALE Project, as well as the information about the upcoming, project-related ventures that you can look forward to!

We wish you happy and joyful upcoming holidays, and happy and prosperous New Year!

UPSCALE team

Welcome to the newsletter of the UPSCALE Project

December 2021

UPSCALE IMPORTANT INFO

HOW IT ALL STARTED

As the project is moving along with its activities, it is important or reflect on how it all started. By subscribing to our YouTube channel, you can stay up to date with most recent events and how it looked like on the field. Meet UPSCALE faces, download our latest brochures, inforgraphics and other materials here!

In this 5-minute video you will meet Gloria Mutoni from Food for the Hungry in Rwanda and learn more on the aim of the MAC meetings and how we engage farmers, policy makers and other stakeholders. Enjoy!

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UPSCALE KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION

Towards further sustainable intensification of push-pull systems

As part of the effort to bring push-pull beyond its limitations to the next level, UPSCALE partner, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), conducted a needs assessment involving farmers and key informants involved in agriculture in Kisumu, Siaya and Vihiga counties in Kenya.

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UPSCALE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

UPSCALE MAC Meeting in Kenya, November 2021

Following icipe’s Push-pull programme launch of the UPSCALE Multi-Actor Community (MAC) meetings in Kenya in May 2021 a second MAC was held on 5th of November. Through a transdisciplinary approach, the Multi-Actor Communities of practice (MACs) are building knowledge and Push-Pull innovations ‘from the ground up’ and across the value chain of agricultural products.

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UPSCALE at 79th Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, December 2021

UPSCALE partner Maseno University (MU) from Kenya was represented by Dr. Frederick Aila who participated in presenting the progress of the UPSCALE and other MU project titled: “Addressing Global Food Security Challenges through Partnerships and Local Community Engagement.”

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UPSCALE NEWS FROM STUDY REGION

Collective actions crucial as Ethiopia races to defeat hunger by 2030

During World Food Day 2021 commemoration today, Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Food Programme (WFP) called for renewed collective action as Ethiopia races to defeat hunger by 2030.

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UPSCALE partners conducting groundtruthing activities and searching for new push-pull plots

Celina Apel from Leinbniz University of Hannover has been scouting for new fields where Push-Pull could be implemented in Kenya. Scroll to the bottom of the page, connect to us via social media to stay updated, as more activities are coming!
Want to join and try out Push-Pull? Contact us at info@upscale-h2020.eu

UPCOMING

Second MAC meeting in Rwanda 2022

UPSCALE comic book for school children!

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