aniversário – InnovPlantProtect

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 debated the role of biotechnology for the sustainability of agriculture

October 18, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

Image credits: Henrique Casinhas

“Biotechnology should be seen from a broader perspective than just the development of new [plant] varieties. It is also the use of biological resources for the development and production of goods and services that we need,” stresses Pedro Fevereiro, executive director of InnovPlantProtect (InPP), and adds: “We need to find new ways of looking at agricultural production, (...) using all the knowledge and technology we have available.”.

Pedro Fevereiro took part in the panel entitled “The impact of biotechnology on new agricultural crops”, which was part of the conference “The importance of biotechnology in agriculture”, held this Tuesday, October 17, at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon.

This panel also featured Jorge Canhoto, President of the Biotechnology Information Center (CiB), Patrícia Fonseca, Agricultural Consultant and Former Member of Parliament and was moderated by Fernanda Freitas, Journalist.

In addition to the speakers on this panel, Eduardo Diniz, director-general of the Planning, Policies and General Administration Office (GPP), Jaime Piçarra, secretary-general of the Portuguese Association of Compound Feed Manufacturers (IACA), Paula Cruz Garcia, deputy director-general of the Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary (DGAV), José Diogo Albuquerque, former Secretary of State for Agriculture and specialist in agricultural policies, and David Pontes, director of the Público newspaper, the event's media partner.

Image credits: Henrique Casinhas

The Secretary of State for Agriculture, Gonçalo Rodrigues, was in charge of the closing session.

Watch the recording on Público's YouTube channel here.

The initiative was organized by InPP, IACA and CiB, with the collaboration of Público newspaper.

InPP marcou presença em seminário dedicado à tecnologia e informação na Agricultura

October 12, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

O InnovPlantProtect (InPP) participou no seminário “Tecnologia e Informação na Agricultura – Smart Farm Virtual”, promovido pela Associação Nacional da Indústria para a Proteção das Plantas (ANIPLA), que decorreu na Universidade de Évora (WOW), durante a tarde do passado dia 11 de outubro.

Pedro Fevereiro, diretor executivo do InPP, participou no painel “Ferramentas para sistemas de produção mais sustentáveis” para falar sobre a importância da investigação e desenvolvimento de Biopesticidas para o estabelecimento de sistema de produção mais sustentáveis.

O CEO do InPP foi ainda orador na mesa-redonda “Tecnologia e Informação na Agricultura”, na qual participaram também Ana Paiva Brandão, Assessora da Direção e colaboradora em projetos na Associação Portuguesa de Mobilização de Conservação do Solo (APOSOLO), e Alexandre Alves, Secretário Executivo da Associação Técnica dos Viticultores do Alentejo (ATEVA). A moderação da mesa redonda ficou a cargo de João Cardoso, Diretor Executivo da ANIPLA.

Topics such as the importance of biotechnology in adapting plants to the challenges of climate change, the need to make digital and precision agriculture accessible, and how conservation agriculture protects the soil and promotes biodiversity were also debated at the event, which was organized as part of the Smart Farm Hub project, in which InPP is a partner.

Um agradecimento especial à ANIPLA pela iniciativa! Foi um excelente momento para promover boas práticas agrícolas e para sensibilizar para os temas mais preocupantes para o setor agrícola.

Créditos das imagens: ANIPLA

InPP visitou feira do setor hortofrutícola em Madrid

October 6, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

O InPP visitou a 15ª edição da feira internacional Fruit Attraction, que se realizou de 3 a 5 de outubro, em Madrid. A Fruit Attraction é uma das mais importantes feiras anuais do setor hortofrutícola.

O objetivo da visita foi promover o networking com as empresas participantes do setor, dar a conhecer o CoLAB e as soluções inovadoras de base biológica e digital que temos disponíveis para a proteção de culturas contra pragas e doenças, bem como explorar parcerias estratégicas.

A Fruit Attraction 2023, organizada pela IFEMA MADRID e FEPEX, tendo a Andaluzia como região convidada, registou a maior participação da sua história com 2.000 empresas expositoras de 56 países, mais de 64.000 metros quadrados de área útil e uma presença de 90.000 profissionais de 135 países.