USE CASE

NATIONAL CITRUS PEST CONTROL: SDSS - ISRAEL

The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture has been successfully using AGRI INSIGHT for three years now to control and eliminate the Mediterranean Fruit Fly to citrus orchards throughout the country.

THE GOAL

Zero infestation to fruits intended for marketing, in order to increase profits for the farmers.

DETAILS

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Agri Insight Scopes: 2,200,000 ha 

Effective Citrus area: 18,000 ha 

Number of plots: 30,000 

Annual production: 500,000 tons 

MedFly traps: 2,000   

Traps field inspectors: 5 

Field inspection frequency: Weekly

Region experts: 3 

Decision making frequency: Daily

THE

PROBLEM

THE

SOLUTION

Data collection into centralized geo database.    Advanced SDSS is implemented.    System recommendations & user decisions are recorded for future Machine Learning & algorithm improvement.

Data from external sources.

Big Data usage e.g. weather.

Data management, analysis & decision making.

ALGORITHM - SDSS

Run a unique algorithm developed from a PhD thesis.

The algorithm improves from session to session by machine learning.

PEST CONTROL RECOMMENDATION

Spraying map is obtained within few seconds, with severity levels.

Plots regional distribution for effective spraying execution.