FMC Corporation, an agribusiness, and RapidAIM, a CSIRO-backed start-up, are preparing to use IoT sensors to monitor insect pests in Australian orchards. RapidAID’s digital surveillance system, which is linked to FMC analytics, will be deployed in orchards in Victoria’s Shepparton district. Although RapidAIM’s initial focus was on fruit flies, the present partnership intends to provide a reliable pest detection and forecasting service for a number of different pests. RapidAIM will use its patented smart sensors in a network of instrumented and wirelessly connected traps to detect insect pests in the orchard remotely and effectively in real time.
RapidAIM’s sensors can identify insect pests based on their behaviour, sending data to the cloud and eventually to farmers’ phones. RapidAIM will produce state-of-the-art regional pest projections for inclusion into FMC’s Arc farm intelligence tool by aggregating this real-time data and combining it with machine learning. On Sunday, New South Wales, Australia’s bloodiest day of the pandemic, 16 people died, despite the state relaxing restrictions to enable some vital workers in isolation to return to work if they are asymptomatic. In Australia’s most populated state, just over 30,000 new cases were detected, forcing those people to join more than 2,00,000 others in isolation.
There are no figures on how many of those are vital workers in the food and manufacturing industries. However, some businesses claim that up to half of their employees have been laid off as a result of coming into touch with a positive case. Because of the omicron outbreak’s influence on food processing and supply networks, numerous retailers have reported empty shelves. Critical workers in the food logistics and manufacturing sectors who have been furloughed as close contacts will be allowed to leave self-isolation and return to work if they have no symptoms of COVID-19, according to a statement released by New South Wales Health on Sunday.
Follow The Indian Sun on Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
FMC Corporation, an agribusiness, and RapidAIM, a CSIRO-backed start-up, are preparing to use IoT sensors to monitor insect pests in Australian orchards. #TheIndianSun @hyellina https://t.co/hZecOGt27P
— The Indian Sun (@The_Indian_Sun) January 13, 2022
Donate To The Indian Sun
Dear Reader,The Indian Sun is an independent organisation committed to community journalism. We have, through the years, been able to reach a wide audience especially with the growth of social media, where we also have a strong presence. With platforms such as YouTube videos, we have been able to engage in different forms of storytelling. However, the past few years, like many media organisations around the world, it has not been an easy path. We have a greater challenge. We believe community journalism is very important for a multicultural country like Australia. We’re not able to do everything, but we aim for some of the most interesting stories and journalism of quality. We call upon readers like you to support us and make any contribution. Do make a DONATION NOW so we can continue with the volume and quality journalism that we are able to practice.
Thank you for your support.
Best wishes,
Team The Indian Sun
