ZapPify

Farmers lose approximately 37% of their rice crop to pests and diseases yearly. More than 100 species of insects are considered pests in rice production systems globally, but only about 20 species cause significant economic damage. Integrated pest management involves various approaches to controlling and mitigating insect pests impact on crops, including common methods like biological, chemical, and mechanical. Farmers are constrained by the cost implications and residue risks associated with current chemical approaches, leaving them with limited viable options. ZapPify offers a mechanical pests control method that uses light traps and swatter to zap insect pests in the rice fields. It is effective and sustainable, thus, improving rice yield performance.

The system attracts insect pests using light traps, zaps the attracted insects with an electric swatter, counts the zapped insects, and remotely sends the collected data to a central database.