Evaluation and Development of Smart Bird Deterrent Systems to Mitigate Bird Damage in Agriculture

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Sarı A. (Yürütücü), Dugger B.(Yürütücü)

Diğer Ülkelerin Sanayi Kuruluşları Tarafından Desteklenmiş Proje, 2025 - 2026

• Proje Türü: Diğer Ülkelerin Sanayi Kuruluşları Tarafından Desteklenmiş Proje
• Başlama Tarihi: Kasım 2025
• Bitiş Tarihi: Nisan 2026

Proje Özeti

Responsibilities

-          Bird Gard provides the newly developed deterrent system, technical specifications, and access to its global expertise to support scientific evaluation.

-          OSU (Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences – Prof. Bruce Dugger) contributes academic knowledge and consultation on bioacoustic deterrents and applied habitat management to strengthen the research design and analysis.

-          KTU (Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management – Assoc. Prof. Alptug Sari) is responsible for designing and conducting the scientific tests on the effectiveness of Bird Gard’s new system under real-world agricultural conditions, as well as leading research on the development of a new, patentable deterrent product.

 Expected Outcomes

-          Scientific validation of Bird Gard’s new system for mitigating bird damage in agricultural areas.

-          Joint research outputs and prototypes of an innovative, potentially patentable deterrent device.

Knowledge transfer and dissemination through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and outreach to stakeholders in agriculture and wildlife management.