Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Every defense system starts with the need to know your enemy. A risk assessment identifies the potential pests, the level of risk and it aids the specialist to design the pest management system.
It all started as Pest Control, using as a “run and gun” approach to make the pest disappear, without paying attention to the root cause or even to the safety of the people and food involved.
In the 90s it became more sophisticated, renamed as IPM, respecting prevention, monitoring and control. Today there are many more parameters taken into consideration in the war against pests. From managing resistance to sustainability, IPM in the 20s is transforming to 360o Pest Management.
Insects, rodents, birds and reptiles are on target and the system performance is constantly monitored towards improvement.
Precision Fumigation
When it comes to controlling for pests, precision is most important word. Usually, it is a large-scale operation, temporarily halting industrial production and not frequently repeated. Fumigation requires detailed planning, punctual execution and monitoring of effectiveness and safety.
Read about real time monitoring here.
Controlled Atmosphere
Low oxygen treatment using Nitrogen or CO2 offers two options of controlled atmosphere treatments against insects of all stages. Both are BIO compatible and are so effective that many companies prefer them over conventional fumigations. Read this published research on the effectiveness of nitrogen in AgroSpeCom chambers.
Phosphine Fumigation
Can be successful despite resistant insects, with the use of modern monitors like Centaur wireless sensors. Watch why phosphine fumigations fail, here.
Sulfuryl fluoride
Is a fumigant that can be used for the treatment of factories or dry fruits and nuts.
> Heat Treatment
Heat offers the most effective fumigation in the world. No insect specie can withstand 55oC for more than an hour. No chemicals needed, no residues left behind.
Heat treat a whole factory, only a floor or a machine. Have the most effective treatment in 24 hours or less.
AgroSpeCom is offering heat treatments
since 2008.
insect stages, even eggs and drying mold.
The silo heat treatment is a 2-in-1 solution as it also
contributes to a passive cleaning of crust on the silo walls.
Save on silo cleaning by applying heat treatment once a year
> Constructing fumigation chambers and heaters.
Sealing of silos
Optimize your assets for precision fumigation: A modern fumigation chamber includes automations that guarantee the safety of operators and workers, the efficacy of treatments and the sustainability of operations.
• AgroSpeCom fumigation chambers are not just airtight. They are controlled through a smart phone and each treatment is AI certified! They operate with fumigants or inert gases.
• AgroSpeCom electrical heaters offer a guaranteed solution against insects. Easy to operate and maintain, are the best method available, to control all insect stages.
• Seal your silos to get a precise silo fumigation. Silos are not built airtight. They leak through the bottom, the top and sometimes even through the body. We make a pressure test, find the leaky parts and seal the silo partly or completely
> Smart storage
The Internet-of-Crops® platform provides unique storage insights to maximize quality and prevent post-harvest loss for sustainable supply chains. Data from sensors within stored
product is combined with environmental information and
predictive models to recommend appropriate interventions that maximize stored crop quality.
Furthermore, post-harvest crop conditions are tracked and made available at the click of a button, offering quality reporting from farm to fork, and augmenting traceability and proof-of-provenance.
AgroSpeCom is a proud reseller
of the Centaur technology.
• What do I gain by a smart silo? No loses, no failures.
• Who makes the sensors and platform? Centaur
engineers design and assembly. AgroSpeCom engineers set them up in your silos and warehouses.
• Why do I need AI monitoring? This is the only way to safely store grain.
• How is a silo becoming smart? Wireless sensors,
platform operation, AI prediction
> Designing and auditing food safety systems
Is of key importance for the food industry. The role of the consultant is more important than that of the Certification body, because the consultant sees the true picture. The picture of what starts as an intention, evolves to an effort and ends as a success story!
• What systems does AgroSpeCom design & audit?
Systems based on all modern protocols like: BRC, IFS, AIB,
FSSC 22000, ISO 22000 and all private protocols.
• Who designs and audits the haccp systems?
AgroSpeCom consultants design the system and run the internal audits. A Certificate Body comes for the final audit.
• Why do I need AgroSpeCom for my system?
Only well designed systems will keep you running smoothly
and safely.
• How is a haccp system built?
risk analysis, realistic procedures, wireless sensors, platform operation and continuous training, drive the food company to safe waters.
> Cloud based
fumigation platform
Fumigation is the strongest weapon in the battle against insects. Fumigation needs to be precise. Precision is related to designing, predicting and monitoring. AgroSpeCom uses wireless sensors in every fumigation, connected to the Centaur cloud-based platform. An alert is issued when a treatment diverts from the planned path. A complete base with all treatment records is available online and each treatment data is shared with the customer with the customer, in real time.
If you want to try REAL fumigations,
give us a call
> Personnel training
The ideal training is the training that is designed on the findings of an audit. Then the material of the training and the examples are based on the real findings of the specific company.
AgroSpeCom is always proposing an Audit & Training package, to achieve the most around food safety
> Disinfection
Involves the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms, with the use of a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces and objects. Sometimes heat is also a method to destroy pathogens. When many people work or spend time in a closed environment, the airborne microbes and viruses can be easily transmitted. The aeright™ system monitors the quality of the air 24/7 and issues alerts for corrective actions. More on aeright™ can be found here.
