Push-pull technology improves carbon stocks in rainfed smallholder agriculture in Western Kenya

Push-pull technology improves agricultural productivity. However, its long-term effect on biomass carbon and soil organic (SOC) is not yet known. The aims of this study were: to assess the push-pull (1) (2) SOC, considering climatic conditions length time that had been practiced a farm; (3) establish relationship between SOC farms. Aboveground were measured 36 farms in western Kenya, encompassing three contrasting sites (Bondo, Siaya Vihiga) six cropping systems (push-pull five non-push-pull systems). Farms Kenya stock 3.0 ± 0.3 4.0 0.4 t C ha−1 crop 24.4 2.1 37.0 2.6 for those practicing push-pull, 1.1 0.2 19.2 31.1 1.7 without push-pull. There was no correlation SOC. Adoption offers opportunities mitigate climate change through sequestration plants soils low-, medium- high-rainfall environments both long short rain seasons.