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.

Creator

• Ouellette, Kelsey
• Bonner, Catherine
• Edor, William
• Giapoudzi, Despoina

Contributors

• Nikitina, Svetlana

Subject

• Recover, Reuse, and Recycle: Building a Lasting World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1324

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International