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NEWS

InPP featured in Frutas, legumes e flores magazine

April 14, 2025
Blog, News
Ines Ferreira

In the March issue of Fruits, vegetables and flowers you will find the opinion article entitled “The role of InnovPlantProtect in Organic Farming: Paths to sustainable and efficient solutions”, in which the executive director of InnovPlantProtect (InPP), António Saraiva, reveals how our CoLAB is contributing to the success of organic farming.

“By boosting research, collaboration and knowledge sharing, InPP is helping to solve the central challenges of this practice [organic farming], allowing it to expand and enhancing the supply of agricultural products to consumers. The solutions developed by InPP make organic farming a more viable option for producers,” says the executive director.

Read the full article and find out how we are shaping the future of agriculture.

We thank Frutas, legumes e flores magazine for its recognition and reiterate our commitment to the agriculture of the future.

Smart Vineyards: AI helps monitor vine health and fight green leafhopper

April 10, 2025
Blog, News
Ines Ferreira

Imagine a future where drones and artificial intelligence work together to protect your vineyards. That's what the AI4Leafhopper project is making a reality!

Manisha Sirsat, a researcher on the AI4Leafhopper team, has developed two artificial intelligence models that analyze the aerial images captured by our latest generation drone... and these models make it possible:

geolocation of each vine
to know if there are vine failures
quickly identify “sick” vines”
optimize the application of treatments

The result? Growers can have a detailed view of the health of their vineyards, detect problems early and make more informed decisions.

Find out all about it here.

AI4Leafhopper is a project led by InPP and funded by the ICAERUS Horizon Europe program, which began in April 2024 and ended on April 30 with a final meeting involving the six European projects approved in the 1st edition of the ICAERUS program's PULL applications. The project team presented the AI-based models for detecting and monitoring the impact of the green leafhopper on vineyards.

Green leafhopper from the sky: Drones can help reveal the pest's impact on vineyards!

April 3, 2025
Blog, News
Ines Ferreira

The AI4Leafhopper project, InnovPlantProtect used a state-of-the-art drone to monitor the impact of the green leafhopper in the vineyards of our partners Reynolds Wine Growers and João Portugal Ramos. Although the results show that this advanced technology is more effective at detecting attacks at advanced stages, we are excited about the potential of this tool to provide valuable data for the management of this harmful insect.

We believe that with more research, we can refine our solution to detect early attacks and prevent significant damage to vineyards. Transforming the monitoring of this pest is where we want to go, always with the aim of protecting vineyards and guaranteeing the quality of production for winegrowers.

Over the next few days we'll be revealing everything that the AI4Leafhopper project is making a reality and how drones and artificial intelligence are working together to create a more sustainable future for viticulture. Stay tuned!

Find out all about it here.

AI4Leafhopper, funded by the ICAERUS Horizon Europe program, which began in April 2024, is now in its final stages. The development phase of the project, which took place in the field, is now over and the final stage is to present the solutions developed by our team on Portuguese soil to the market.

EVENTS

InPP participates in Microbiome PT Summit 2023

October 26, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) will be present at the 2nd edition of the Microbiome PT Summit, organized by BioData.co.uk, Portugal's national bioinformatics and biological data platform, by the national node of the European biological data program, ELIXIR EN, and the European research network on host-microbe symbiosis SymbNET, which began yesterday, October 26, and is still going on today, at the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), in Lisbon.

The Microbiome PT Summit brings together the scientific community in Portugal that is working with microbiomes to discuss the latest advances in this area, share experiences and knowledge and network.

The director of the Data Management and Risk Analysis department, Ricardo Ramiro, was one of the guest speakers at session IV dedicated to Industry, with a presentation entitled “Microbiome analysis as a service in agriculture: challenges and opportunities”.

InPP researcher João Colaço was also present at the event to present the poster “Soil microbiome in pear orchards: is there an effect of Rosellinia necatrix?.

Today marks the end of another edition of the Microbiome PT Summit! In 2024 it's back in Lisbon!

More information can be found on the event page here.

InPP to take part in the National Meeting on Integrated Protection in Elvas

October 26, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) will take part in the 12th National Meeting on Integrated Protection (ENPI), promoted by the Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas (ESAE) of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), which will take place on October 30 and 31, 2023.

With the motto “Integrated Protection's Contribution to the SDGs”, the meeting aims to bring together experts from research, teaching and production, as well as young students interested in the protection of plants and plant products, to analyze, share knowledge, propose and debate innovative ideas and techniques for protecting crops and agricultural products.

ENPI will address four main thematic areas such as “Crop protection in the context of climate change and globalization”, “Recovering the concepts of “Risk estimation” and “Decision making” in the context of emerging problems”, “Plant defence mechanisms” and “Alternative means of protection”.

The director of the New Biopesticides department, Cristina Azevedo, will be one of the guest speakers at session 4 entitled “Towards new bio-based solutions to control plant diseases”.

Registration for ENPI is still open until October 29, 2023 using the form available here a here.

More information on the event website here.

Don't miss the chance to be part of the 12th edition of ENPI!

InPP takes part in conference on the cereals sector in Portugal

October 24, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

On October 23rd, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) was present at the conference “Cereals in Portugal: From Volatility to Valorization” promoted by the Association of Protein, Oilseed and Cereal Producers (ANPOC) and which took place at NEW IMS - Campolide Campus, in Lisbon, and addressed fundamental issues related to cereal production in Portugal and the international market.

The main objectives of this meeting were to discuss how national cereal production is facing the challenges posed by the volatility of the international market. In addition, it sought to draw the attention of Portuguese public opinion to the critical issues in the international cereal market and to find ways of enhancing national production while guaranteeing minimum security stocks.

The colloquium was attended by experts and opinion leaders from the agricultural sector, including Rogério Ferreira, Director General of the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Miguel de Castro Neto, Director of NOVA IMS, and Arnaud Petit, Executive Director of the International Grains Council.

One of the highlights of the event was the presentation of the project developed by ANPOC, in partnership with NOVA University and the National Rural Network. This project demonstrates how the agricultural sector in Portugal is evolving in a sustained and integrated way.

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