Inspirational ideas: A mobile app to monitor pests and diseases in Umbria, Italy

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Geographical scope	European Union Italy Umbria
Keywords	digitisation decision support system (DSS) monitoring system vineyard Pest / disease control cereal olive

Monitoring systems can be an efficient tool to indicate the presence of pests and diseases and predict future outbreaks, providing farmers with specific information so they can apply crop protection products more efficiently and target pests and diseases more effectively.

The main goal of Italian Operational Group Smart Meteo is to limit damage to vineyards, olive trees and cereal crops while using less pesticides. They are developing a monitoring system that helps predict risks for pests and diseases affecting these common crops in the region of Umbria.

Read the full article in the sixth edition of Agrinnovation magazine (page 22).

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Publication date:

Monday, 8 July, 2019 - 16:45