Sustainability of Grasshopper Management and Support through CARMA

CARMA is an advisory system for grasshopper infestations that has been successfully used since 1996. During CARMA´s history, grasshopper control has increasingly focused on environmentally friendly and sustainable strategies. In order to keep pace with and support emerging strategies, CARMA´s functionality has been enhanced in a manner which both improves maintainability and which expands CARMA beyond its original role as a grasshopper infestation advisor into that of a grasshopper research support tool. This paper details efforts to develop sustainable grasshopper management strategies and the role that CARMA has played and continues to play in supporting the development and implementation of those strategies.