Permia Sensing
Sri Lanka
Permia Sensing is an IoT based mobile application which provides a field-testing service to detect Red Palm Weevil (RPW) larvae growing in coconut palm trees. This insect is known to damage an estimated 10% of the coconut yield in the World, which is around £450 million per year. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has declared RPW as a global threat to the food industry because it has attacked about 40 palm species in 60 countries. Chemical treatments are effective if RPW can be detected within the first 2-weeks of infestation. Permia Sensing's field tested Internet of Things (IoT) was developed at the Morph Lab of Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London in the UK, a World Top 10 University.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Pest and disease management, Farm advisory services, AI-Big data based solutions
Delivery type (format)
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Internet of Things / sensors
Mobile app
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Academic/research
Name of supplier/developer
Morph Lab of Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London in the UK (a World Top 10 University)
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Sri Lanka
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes