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First Advisor
Svetlana Nikitina
Date
2012
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to find a permanent solution for controlling parrot infestations that damage corn crops at the San Francisco Agricultural High School in Paraguay. The school is unable to grow corn to feed its livestock because Nanday Parakeets consume or damage virtually the entire crop. Our team researched and developed a range of cost-effective, environmentally-friendly strategies to combat the parrots, and presented them to a representative of the school. This year, this school will be conducting two corn trials based on our recommendations: one using a helikite, another using grocery bag covers. If our solutions are successful and corn crops are saved from parrot infestations, the school should be able to provide livestock feed and could thus allocate additional funds to the students’ needs. If proven effective, our proposed solution could serve as a model for other small farmers in the region who could protect their corn crops as well.
Keywords
The Grand Challenges Seminar
Language
English
Publisher
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Course
The Grand Challenges Seminar
Program
Great Problems Seminar
Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bonner, Catherine; Edor, William; Giapoudzi, Despoina; and Ouellette, Kelsey, "Parrots, Go Away!" (2012). Great Problems Seminar Posters (All Posters, All Years). 142.
https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/gps-posters/142