Invasives Blog
Tag: drone
You are here: Invasives Blog
CABI shares expertise in drone management of insect pests at Entomology 2023
November 8, 2023
Wayne Coles
No Comments
CABI has shared its expertise in drone management of insect pests at the Entomology 2023 conference which was hosted by the Entomological Society of America (ESA). The conference, which took place in person at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Centre in National Harbor, Maryland, USA, and online, was held under the theme ‘Insects and…
Webinar series focuses on desert locusts
October 1, 2021
Wayne Coles
No Comments
CABI South Asia is hosting a series of webinars under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Technical Cooperation Programme which has recently turned the focus on the scourge of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria).
Pilot project using drones to control desert locust launches in Kenya
October 26, 2020
Donna Hutchinson
3 comments
A partnership between CABI and Astral-Aerial is piloting the use of drones for the control of desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria). Funded by UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) through the Frontier Technologies Hub, the approach targets roosting populations of small swarms that are not feasible to spray by other means such as aircraft, or…
UAV spraying: combating the spread of fall armyworm across China
October 3, 2019
Will Holland
1 comment
Fall armyworm (FAW) has continued to spread across China since early January, with the pest being identified in over 600,000 hectares of farmland across 18 provinces. Now, the government and farmers are looking for solutions to tackling this invasive species. Fall armyworm in an incredibly destructive pest species native to the tropics and sub-tropics of…
Subscribe
Find out more
For more information about CABI's work on invasive species, please visit www.invasive-species.org
Contribute
If you are active in the field of invasive species or development and would like to contribute to the Invasives Blog, please contact Donna Hutchinson. We are happy to post credible articles that we think would be of interest to our readership.
Views expressed in contributions do not necessarily reflect official CABI positions.
Archives
Categories
- Agriculture and International Development
- Veterinary and Animal Sciences
- Climate change and biodiversity
- Environmental Sciences
- Invasive species
- Plant Sciences
- Crop health
- Development communication and extension
- Digital development
- Economic development
- Food and nutrition security
- Gender and youth
- Publishing
- Value chains and trade