«Flora UAE» database of native plants

Tracking devices to protect camels from death

Smart Beehive Project based on artificial intelligence. From the source

The Fujairah Research Center announced the launch of camel activity tracking devices, with the aim of monitoring their vital activity and preserving them from death.

The center stated that it has created systems to track camels that monitor their activity in scientific ways through artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, and devices that monitor camels in grazing places to maintain their health, monitor their temperature and link them to smart devices.

The center successfully performed 200 embryo transfers to preserve purebred breeds, in addition to cloning 12 cases of purebred camels. In detail, the Fujairah Research Center, in cooperation with the Fujairah Environment Authority, reviewed the latest innovative projects achieved by the researchers, including the database of local plants «Flora Emirates», devices tracking the activity of camels, with the aim of monitoring their vital activity and preserving them from death, and the smart beehive that tracks and monitors local bees. The center confirmed that it has presented many applied projects in the environmental fields.

The Centre reviewed the "Flora UAE" project, which is a database of local plants that aims to preserve the ecosystem and propagate local plants for study and research purposes in various fields such as agriculture, fodder and honey production, so that it is available to experts, researchers, farmers and those interested in vegetation cover in the emirate, in order to support the effort to preserve plants in the country.

Flora UAE is an advanced electronic reference database in which local plants are focused and entered into artificial intelligence systems with the aim of classifying vegetation cover in the emirate and determining its characteristics, and the project focuses on modifying crop management, irrigation efficiency and the use of artificial intelligence in food production compared to current agricultural solutions.

The center contributes to the preservation of camels, as it succeeded in completing 200 cases of embryo transfer of camels through 30 camels belonging to the center in order to preserve the purebred breeds, in addition to cloning 12 cases of purebred camels, and working on an updated method to preserve the semen of a number of local camels, which are considered good breeds for more than 40 years, and using it in insemination for several decades after the death of the father camel.

The center selects good breeds of camels in order to produce meat and milk in large quantities and of high quality in the emirate to maintain food security, and special camel tracking systems have been developed that monitor their vital activity in scientific ways through artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things through tracking devices that monitor camels in grazing places, monitor their temperature and vital activities, and link them to smart devices.

The center presented the smart beehive project based on artificial intelligence through an accurate and advanced system to monitor the health of the beehive by monitoring environmental indicators such as temperature, humidity and hive weight in real time, which contributes to protecting local bees and helping the emirate's beekeepers reduce costs and increase the quality of local honey.