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It has been calculated that approximately one-third of all the grains produced globally is lost due to wastage every year. A major part of losses in agricultural production due to insects is the attack of insects on stored grains.

A huge variety of insects, rodents and roaches are known to infest such stored grains. They eat up grains, thereby reducing the quantity and more than that they selectively eat grain embryos rendering the grains infertile. Apart from eating, they also cause losses due to accumulations of their excretions, germs and parasites and also insect cadavers. The insect waste may also lead to the growth of different types of fungi and mould on the grains. All of these make the grains unfit for consumption.

These conditions are aggravated in regions with tropical climates as the moisture content of the grains in such regions are more, creating favourable conditions for insect populations to propagate and also for the moulds.

The feeding habits of storage insect pests are used to divide them into two classes: primary pests and secondary invaders. Primary pests are those that penetrate and infest intact grain kernels and have immature stages that can grow quickly within a grain kernel. Secondary invaders can’t get into sound grain, so they eat broken kernels, waste and grain that has been damaged by primary insect pests. The immature stages of these species are usually located outside of the grain. Both these pest types can cause significant damage and loss to the stored grains.

Some insights about the statistics of the scale of damage they cause is given below.

“62,000 tonnes of food grains damaged in FCI godowns in six years” – Development News

Around 62,000 tonnes of food grains, mainly rice and wheat, have been damaged in the last six years in the storage facilities of Food Corporation of India (FCI).

According to an RTI reply given by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, 61,824 tonnes of food grains were damaged between 2011-12 and 2016-17, with the maximum damage of 24,695 tonnes reported in 2013-14. The RTI petition was filed by social activist Ram Gupta.

In 2016-17 (up to 1 March), a damage of 8,679 tonnes of food grains was reported, with Maharashtra topping the list of states with 7,963 tonnes. The FCI godowns in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur did not report any damages. Himachal Pradesh has not reported any damages in the last six years

Sources said there are various reasons for the damage of food grains, including pest attacks, leakages in godowns, procurement of poor quality stocks, exposure to rains, floods and negligence on the part of the concerned persons in taking precautionary measures.

“Crops Lost to Rodent Infestation in India and Southeast Asia” – Victor V

The U.S. has a long way to go in erasing the problem, but crop losses due to rodent infestation are far worse on the other side of the world. Figures compiled by the Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB) show that in India, an estimated 25-30 percent of post-harvest grains are lost each year as a result of rodents. In terms of the nation’s stored food and seed grain market, the rodent issue has caused losses of more than $5 billion (in U.S. money). However, according to some analysts, these figures are conservative estimates that actually seem miniscule for a nation with 2.5 billion rats, each one of which could potentially cause $10-15 billion (U.S. dollars) in damages.

Those higher numbers are based on the daily food consumption of rodents. What do rodents eat? A lot. Rats, for instance, consume seven percent of their own body weight on a daily basis, while mice eat up to 20 percent.

“FCI godowns home to insects, say villagers” – The New Indian Express

The residents of villages in Sramasaktinagar and China Mushidiwada are having sleepless nights due to insects swarming the area at a 5 kms radius from the Food Corporation.

The insects coming from the godowns especially during evenings have become a nuisance to the villagers. The insects invade every part of the household  and food material resulting in people suffering from rashes. Also, students in the village are unable to pursue their studies after sunset.

When the rice stock is being unloaded from the railway wagons, all the insects are coming out from the godown and going into the villages, he lamented.

The common chemical pest control methods used like insecticides, rodenticides, fumigation, etc. are completely out of question to be used around food and foodgrains. Rat baits and glue boards also prove to be useless because that would still compromise the edibility of the food grains.

C Tech Corporation has developed the perfect solution to this problem. Our product, Combirepel™, is a non-toxic, non-hazardous animal, rodent, termite, insect, bird and animal repellent which has been designed for various polymeric applications as well as natural materials. It is a unique blend of green chemistry and smart technology which acts as an effective repellent and at the same time guarantees safety to the environment, plants, animals and fragile ecosystem. Our product works on the mechanism of repellence.

Our masterbatch is compatible with PVC, PE, LDPE, MDPE and HDPE base polymers. It can be incorporated while manufacturing all types of wraps and films, floating row covers, mulch films, grain bags, silage sheets and bags, etc. Incorporating the masterbatch into the base polymer during its extrusion process will make the final application pest resistant.

Because of our products being 100% natural and eco-friendly, they can be safely used around food and food products. They cause no harm to any organisms, us humans and the environment. The products also have a very high active life. They are thermally stable and do not degrade on exposure to heat and sunlight. It does not volatilize and does not degrade the soil. It is EU-BPR, RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, REACH, APVMA, NEA compliant and FIFRA exempted.

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While there may be no bugs and rodents in the ocean, they do love a good vessel to live in. Pest infestation in crucial sectors like the defence has proven to be extremely dangerous. The Navy in all the countries has been battling this menace for a very long time. The absence of a foolproof method has led to this becoming a recurring problem.

Many incidences of problems of bedbug and cockroach infestation in training stations, power outages in bases due to rodents, squirrels and other pests causing damage and maintenance nuisance have come to light. Apart from these, the plethora of diseases they carry by being vectors is truly horrifying.

Pests, anywhere, are extremely tiresome to deal with. However, pests in enclosed spaces like ships and submarines, especially have a record of being absolutely unmanageable. The fact that such vehicles are cut off from land for many months at a time makes it difficult to get the pests off-board.

Reports of rats and insects on ships and submarines come to light many a time over the years. Storage areas, kitchens, sleeping areas, etc. become the hot spots for such infestations. The ropes that secure these vessels to the pier, access ramps that are placed, faulty pipes and vents, rope hulls are some of the common entry points for these pests into ships and submarines. They can also be brought accidentally along with passenger/sailor luggage.

A lot of these pests can be found near the bedding racks and areas, kitchen and pantry and around waste and trash disposal. Bedbug and rodent infestations aboard ships have been reported globally and a lot of the common measures taken against the pests prove to be ineffective due to the recurring nature of the problem.

The sailors and on-board crew members experience extreme trauma because of the nature of the infestation. All the pests on-board are a constant hazard to everything else on the vessel.

“US Navy sailors have been battling a bed bug infestation aboard an attack submarine”

“Sailors aboard Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut, one of the US Navy’s most capable attack submarines, have been battling a bed bug infestation.

Naval Submarine Force Pacific said in a statement that the Navy launched efforts to find and eliminate the difficult-to-kill bed bugs after the problem was first reported last December, explaining that the “physical presence of bed bugs” was found in February.

Sailors told Navy Times, which first reported the infestation that the problem actually started last March while the submarine was participating in an Arctic training event. Family members of Connecticut sailors told the Kitsap Sun that the bed bug problem has been an issue for about a year.

The electric supply and therefore, everything connected to it including the communication base and the power supply, etc. in the navy is constantly at the threat of being damaged by the pests.”

“Squirrel leaves U.S. Navy base incommunicado”

“But here at home, one naval installation has discovered a new menace, capable of knocking out key communications in a matter of seconds.

Indeed, this latest threat can be found in most backyards, or any other wooded area. It typically weighs a pound—or less—and belongs to the Sciuridae family. We’re referring to the common tree squirrel, and last Saturday night, one of the furry rodents disrupted phone service at Virginia’s Yorktown Naval Weapons Station. Four days later, “land line” phones at the base still aren’t working, making communications difficult.

A senior official at the weapons station, who asked not to be identified, said the problem began when a squirrel came in contact with an electrical transformer. The rodent was electrocuted and the transformer exploded, knocking out power for a time, and seriously damaging a key component of the base phone system. Since then, callers to the installation have heard nothing but busy signals, and weapons station personnel have been unable to reach anyone, on or off the base.

Technicians were still working on the problem Wednesday morning, but there was no indication as to when phone service might be restored. Mark Piggott, a public affairs officer at the base, said software for the phone network had to be re-loaded manually, a process that could take three to six days. That means phone service might not be restored until the weekend.”

Pesticides that were commonly used to combat this menace have been deemed extremely harmful for the environment as well as the officers on board. Not only that, these pesticides do not offer a permanent solution and their application has to frequent for any results to be seen. This again raises the issue of cost-effectiveness and being a health hazard. At this point, it has become very urgent to find a solution that is long-lasting as well as safe for everyone.

We, at C Tech Corporation, have developed products that are effective, safe and budget-friendly in the long run. Our products, Rodrepel™ – the anti-rodent and anti-animal compound, Termirepel™, the anti-insect and anti-termite compound and Combirepel™, the anti-animal, anti-rodent, anti-insect and anti-bird compound, are engineered using a unique set of complex compounds. They work on the mechanism of repellence and combines the best of chemistry and green practices to give an environmentally safe product which keeps pest away effectively while at the same time guaranteeing safety to the environment. Our products repel the pest and do not kill them.

The masterbatch can be combined with any polymer during its manufacturing. These polymers can then be used to make cable sheathing for optical fibers or power cables, polymeric equipment including RADAR, communications systems, etc. It can also be used to make seat covers, utility pipes, trash cans, etc. which can be used at the base as well as aboard ships. Using these protected wires in the server and control rooms will help to make

Our liquid concentrate is compatible with all types of paints and solvents without altering the properties of paint. It can be mixed with paints in a predetermined ratio and can be applied on the interior and exterior of the vessel, on walls of the kitchen, equipment storage room, bedding area, etc.

Lacquer is a topical application that is compatible with most surfaces such as wood, ceramic, polymer, cement, etc. It gives a transparent finish to the applied product and does not wear off easily. Lacquer can be used for epoxy floorings inside the ships and in bases, already installed wires and cables, and also on the decks. Wood polish additive is specially designed to preserve wooden articles such as wooden pallets, racks, and storage boxes from all sorts of pest damage.

The bird repellent gel lacquer, when applied on window ledges, decks and other such places with the problem of bird menace, effectively keeps them away by employing the mechanism of tactile repellence.

The ready-to-use sprays can be sprayed on any type of surface and in the gaps between ceilings and headboards. The aerosol spray is also compatible with steel and metallic surfaces.

We comply with international standards of regulations. All our products are EU BPR, RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, NEA, APVMA and REACH compliant. We are also US FIFRA exempted.

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