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InPP was in Italy for the kick-off meeting of the European PROSPER project

October 6, 2025
Blog, Highlight, News, Project
Ines Ferreira

InPP took part in the kick-off meeting for the European PROSPER project, held on October 2 and 3 in Pavia, Italy. In attendance were the director of the Monitoring and Diagnostics Department, Ilaria Marengo, and the project manager, Bruno Orrico.

PROSPER's main objective is to transform European agriculture by valorizing highly resilient “orphan” legumes - forgotten crops, but full of potential to face the climate and food challenges of the future.

The project promotes sustainable, innovative practices adapted to different agricultural realities.

Over the two days, 27 partners from 13 countries met for presentations, in-depth discussions and strategic talks about the project's next steps.

We are excited about what comes next, certain that this journey will be more than a collaboration - it will be a true cooperation within an exceptional team.

Join us and keep up to date with all the news from the PROSPER Project!

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InPP is part of the BioLivingLABS project, dedicated to the sustainability of inland territories

October 3, 2025
Blog, Highlight, News, Project
Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) was present at the project launch meeting BioLivingLABS - Bioeconomia ao Serviço da Sustentabilidade dos Territórios do Interior (Bioeconomy at the Service of the Sustainability of Inland Territories), which took place on October 1st at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (IPCB).

Funded by COMPETE 2023, the BioLivingLABS project, led by MORE CoLAB - Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação, in partnership with the InPP, the IPCB, from AQUAVALOR and the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB).

This project's mission is to add value to the low-density territories in the north, center and south of the country by demonstrating and economically boosting the work carried out by the partners - through the creation, demonstration and application of products, processes and services resulting from joint research.

Four living laboratories will be created (Living Labs) in the innovation hubs of Mirandela, Douro, Covilhã and Elvas, which they intend to promote:

the transfer of knowledge;
technology demonstration;
strategic roadmapping and
the protection of intellectual property.

BioLivingLABS strengthens the link between academia, business and society, driving innovation and sustainability.

Expected impact:
Over the course of 24 months, and with Living Labs dedicated to sectors such as olive groves and olive oil, vineyards and wine, fruit and cereals, legumes, among others, the project will contribute to:

increase regional competitiveness;
promote sustainable practices and
responding to the environmental, social and economic challenges facing inland territories.

More news about this new project soon.

InPP took part in the National Exhibition of the Projects of the Portuguese Pact for the Blue Bioeconomy

September 26, 2025
Blog, Highlight, News, Project
Ines Ferreira

On September 25, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) was present at the National Exhibition of Blue Bioeconomy Pact Projects, held at the Port of Leixões Cruise Terminal, for the exhibition session of the Algae Vertical project, led by PhytoBloom by Necton.

InPP, leader of sub-project 6 - Agriculture, was represented by department director Cristina Azevedo and executive director António Saraiva, who presented some of the new algae-based biosolutions that our team and partners are developing.

There were more than 300 participants and 80 entities, including companies, research centers and political decision-makers. The Opening Conference was attended by the Chairman of Inovamar's General and Supervisory Board, José Soares dos Santos, and round tables were held on the future of the blue economy in Portugal.

Algae Vertical explores the biotechnological potential of algae in sectors as diverse as food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and energy.

Find out more about the Algae Vertical Project here.

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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