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agricultural pest5 min read
Managing agricultural pests effectively is key to sustainable farming. They impact crop yields, quality, and profitability. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and eco-friendly methods like biological control, crop rotation, and organic pesticides are essential. Tools like Doktar’s PestTrap and Filiz sensor stations enhance pest monitoring, promoting timely and informed pest control actions.
13 August 2024Remote Sensing4 min readRemote sensing gathers information without physical contact, using machines like satellites and sensors. It optimizes agriculture by monitoring climate, soil, and crop conditions, replacing human observation. Benefits include continuous data collection, uniform interpretation, real-time sharing, accurate decisions, and structured records. It enhances climate monitoring, nutrition, irrigation, pest management, and crop inspection.
14 June 2023PestTrap3 min readPestTrap allows farmers to monitor and control pest populations remotely via phone. It uses a camera, sticky trap, pheromones, and sensors to measure air temperature and humidity. The system provides real-time data, sends alerts, and offers spraying recommendations based on meteorological factors and pest cycles, optimizing pest management decisions.
08 June 2023Climate Change3 min readAsk a farmer what they think of climate change, and you'll probably get an earful. Climate change is already impacting the ways in which we grow crops, and it's not always for the better. While rising temperatures may help some of us to grow more food in some places, this will likely be offset by other issues.
17 May 2023