InPP took part in a roadshow to raise awareness of the Smart Farm Hub project

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) took part in two more seminars on “Technology and Information in Agriculture - Smart Farm Virtual”, promoted by CropLife Portugal, as part of the project Smart Farm Hub, These were held on April 3rd in Cantanhede and on April 11th at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia.

The director of the New Biopesticides department at InPP, Cristina Azevedo, took part in the panel on “Tools for more sustainable production systems”, in which she spoke about biopesticides.

Cristina Azevedo was also one of the speakers at the round table “Technology and Information in Agriculture”, which was attended by Gabriela Cruz, president of the Portuguese Association for Soil Conservation Mobilization (Aposolo), Cátia Pinto, executive director of Smart Farm CoLab (SFColab), Jorge Canhoto, president of the Biotechnology Information Centre (CiB), Manuel António Baptista, farmer and president of the Apibairrada Association, and Albino Costa, farmer and director of Adega Cooperativa Cantanhede. The round table was moderated by João Cardoso, executive director of CropLife Portugal.

On April 11, InPP's executive director, Pedro Fevereiro, traveled to the Instituto Superior de Agronomia in Lisbon, where he marked another step towards the most advanced technologies in the service of agriculture and food production.

The importance of biotechnology for adapting plants to the challenges posed by climate change, the need to make digital and precision agriculture accessible and the importance of research and development into biopesticides for establishing more sustainable production systems have been some of the topics discussed in these initiatives.

A big thank you to CropLife Portugal for the invitation, for the excellent moments of sharing knowledge and experiences and, above all, for allowing us to be with you on this journey!

The seminars, which CropLife Portugal has been organizing in various regions of the country (roadshows) to publicize the SmartFarmHub project and its Smart Farm Virtual platform, will continue over the coming months.