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Operational Group: Ecological Mousetrap

  • Type Operational group
  • Execution 2017
  • Assigned Budget 49.495,00 €
  • Scope Autonómico
  • Autonomous community Galicia
  • Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
Description

This Task Force seeks to develop an autonomous, self-sustaining robot that will patrol within the planned boundaries.

It will emit signals that will attract mice inside, where it will be supplied with an atmosphere of concentrated ozone for a certain amount of time. After this, the mouse will be released and will flee with respiratory pain, causing it to die far from the robot, which will then be prepared for its next visit.

The team will have a solar charging system, patrol at night, and document visitors.

Farms and agricultural producers will stop using pesticides and reduce their costs, improve harvesting, and become healthier. Water will not be contaminated, as there will be no forgotten pesticides that end up entering the water supply. This can be shared by several farms and will contribute to providing quality, pesticide-free products in Galicia.

Contact information
  • Coordinator/entity name: AGACA Cooperative Union
  • Coordinator/entity email: agaca@agaca.coop
Beneficiaries
  • Unión de cooperativas AGACA