The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, through its Plant Quarantine Produce Inspection (PQPI) Branch in partnership with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), has employed the use of smart traps to enhance Jamaica’s pest surveillance and border protection capabilities, becoming the first country in the Caribbean region to do so.
According to PQPI’s Acting Chief Plant Quarantine Produce Inspector, Damian Rowe, the traps, which use a mobile app to monitor pests, have the capacity to automatically detect and identify target pests remotely and in real time thanks to...
