ISCA

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ISCASMANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR AGRICULTURAL PESTS
VECTORS OF DISEASE

• Agenor Mafra-Neto, PhD
• President
• ISCA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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US HEALTH 136 Billion
US AGRICULTURE 44 Billion
Decision Making
DECISION MAKING
- little field data - innefective control -
increased cost - insect resistance
Source CDC EID 2002
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ISCA's Solution automated insect management
Decision Making
DECISION MAKING
- based on field data - efective control - low
cost - no collateral effects
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TRAP
Decision Making
Decision Making
TRAP EFFICIENCY ISCA 98 vs SonicWeb 2 ISCA 97
vs Coleman 2 ISCA 70 vs Magnet 30
Mimics the HOST - odor - temperature - profile
CO2
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AID
Decision Making
Decision Making
MOSQUITO IDENTIFICATION - automated - on time -
on-line
AID Identifies 7 SoCal Species
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ISCA automated insect management
Decision Making
DECISION MAKING
- based on field data - effective control - low
cost - no collateral effects
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Marketing
TRAP
PATENT PENDING
Mass Consumer Markets (Ace Hardware, Wal-Mart,
Loews) ARMY, Governments, WHO
109ea, 500K traps year 3
AID
PATENT PENDING
Government (Vector Control, CDC) Growers
69ea, 350K AIDs year 3
MORITOR
PATENTED
Government (Vector Control, CDC) Growers
50 per month, 100K year 3
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Mass Market Products
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SOLUTION

• Electronic Data Input
• Centralized Internet Data Management
• Repository
• Ag-Knowledge and Data

• Thousands of Users
• One Community for
• Farmers
• Researchers
• Industry
• Mega Internet Database
• Repository of data knowledge
• Data-Mining
• Knowledge
• Generation
• Distribution

• Centralized Internet Database
• Data Standardized
• Instantly Processed and Reported
• Decision Making Models
• Expert systems
• Easy Access
• Secure

• Field Electronic Data Input
• Hand Held
• Automatic Detectors
• Internet - Centralized Data

Data
Management
Repository
reports in minutes instead of days or weeks
PREVENTATIVE instead of REMEDIAL
EASY, EFFICIENT, CENTRALIZED, EXPERT KNOWLEDGE
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Traditional
Decision Making Gut Feeling
Calendar Schedule
Decision Making Field Conditions
Management Models
Data Acquisition
Manual
Electronic
Management
Inneficient
Efficient
Decision Cycle
Long
Short
Action
Late
Timely
Knowledge
Static
Evolving
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Traditional
REDSPRAY
23,600
499
24,960
FREQUENCY BIWEEKLY AREA SPRAYED 100 NUMBER
SPRAYS 8 TOTAL SPRAY 800
FREQUENCY AS NEEDED AREA SPRAYED 4 NUMBER
SPRAYS 4 TOTAL SPRAY 16
Average US Farmer 240 Acres, 13/acre.
Source USDA NASS 2001
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ISCA Annual Revenue
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Projected Revenue Streams

• 1. ISCA Traps, Lures and IPM Consulting
  (existing)
• 2. Moritor Pest Management Information System
  Subscription
• 3. Moritor Commodity-Specific Pest Management
  Modules
• 4. Moritor System Customization and Set-Up

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Use Of Equity Investment Funds
ISCA seeks a total of 1.5 million in equity
funding, to be expensed over 3 years. Equity
funds need not be deployed for RD since ISCAs
RD projects are largely funded by federal funds.
Equity funds will be deployed for the following
commercialization activities

• Recruitment and payroll of marketing and customer
  service personnel (360,000 over 3 years)
• Brand building and marketing promotions (690,000
  over 3 years)
• Intellectual property protection (225,000 over 3
  years)
• Miscellaneous working capital (225,000 over 3
  years)

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5 Year Income Projection
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2060 Chicago Avenue, Suite C2Riverside, CA
92507USATel 909 686 5008Fax 815 346
1722E-mail president_at_iscatech.com
Website www.iscatech.com