Solar Light Traps

Initiative
Location
Kottayam, India 🇮🇳, AS
Scale
City
Led by
Regional or National Government
Background

The initiative involved a Solar Powered LED bulb farm insect trap utilised by Farmers, proving much cheaper and environment-friendly. Following the growing awareness on environmentally sound technologies, paddy farmers harnessed solar energy to get rid of pests that have infested their fields. Solar light traps, a low-cost method for killing harmful insecticides, have been deployed in 64 polders spread over 600 hectares of the village.

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