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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 attended the 1st General Assembly of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact

June 1, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

The 1st General Assembly of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact consortium, led by Inovamar and funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), took place in the auditorium of the Oceanário de Lisboa on May 29, 2023, with the presence of 80 of the consortium's 83 participating institutions. The event was marked by the presence of the Minister for the Economy and the Sea, António Costa Silva, who reiterated the commitment to the path of sustainability through the sea and, in particular, the blue bioeconomy, as well as the Secretary of State for the Sea, José Maria Costa.

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) is taking part in the Vertical Algae - Algae Production and Processing project, led by Necton, and integrated into the mobilizing agenda of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact, coordinating the activity linked to agriculture, in partnership with the GreenCoLab, The company was represented at the General Meeting by InPP's executive director, Pedro Fevereiro, who also represented Fertiprado due to its inability to attend.

The Vertical Algae consortium, which involves a total of 38 entities, including companies, universities, collaborative laboratories (CoLABs) and R&D centers, will have funding of 44 million euros, and aims to provide the national algae sector with the necessary capacity and competitive advantages, based on new sustainable products, processes and services, to compete in global markets and raise the national brand in the European blue bioeconomy.

Vertical Algae is co-financed by the NextGenerationEU program, through the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), and is the largest initiative of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact agenda.

InPP marca presença na Feira Nacional da Agricultura

May 30, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

O InnovPlantProtect (InPP) volta a participar na 59ª Feira Nacional de Agricultura (edição de 2023 – FNA 23), subordinada ao tema central “Superalimentos que estão a mudar o mundo – o Ovo” e toda a importância que este alimento representa não só para o setor agrícola mas também na cultura gastronómica e hábitos alimentares dos portugueses, que se realiza de 3 a 11 de junho, no Centro Nacional de Exposições e Mercados Agrícolas (CNEMA), em Santarém. O InPP abre portas aos visitantes, dando a conhecer as soluções inovadoras de base biológica e digital que tem disponíveis para a proteção de culturas.

O laboratório colaborativo (CoLAB) vai receber os visitantes no stand n.º 6, localizado na Nave B, entre as 10h00 e as 20h00, para dar a conhecer a sua atividade, os vários projetos em curso e os produtos e serviços de base biológica e digital concretos que têm para oferecer ao setor agrícola e ao mercado. Ao longo dos nove dias da feira, alguns dos investigadores do InPP estão no stand para demonstrar aos visitantes as várias valências do CoLAB de Elvas, que tem desenvolvido inovação que espera contribuir para a sustentabilidade dos sistemas agrícolas.

Outros temas e serviços em destaque serão a análise de microbioma, o desenvolvimento de modelos de risco, os serviços de identificação e diagnóstico molecular, a aplicação da inteligência artificial e da análise de imagens de drone em montado para desenvolver ferramentas de deteção precoce do fungo Phytophthora cinnamomi, a monitorização e diagnóstico da cigarrinha-verde na vinha, bem como da bactéria Xyllela fastidiosa, os sistemas de suporte à decisão baseados em SIG, entre muitos outros.

A FNA é uma das maiores feiras agrícolas do país, promovida anualmente, e onde estão representados todos os intervenientes do setor agrícola. Este evento pretende ser um espaço de debate, não só do tema central desta edição da feira, mas também das principais questões agrícolas do momento. Proporcionar a interação e o contacto entre os intervenientes e potenciar os negócios é outro dos objetivos deste certame.

Mais informações sobre a FNA 23 here.

InPP visita Ascenza

May 24, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

O InnovPlantProtect (InPP) esteve em Setúbal para uma visita às instalações da Ascenza Corporate na passada terça-feira, dia 23 de maio.

O diretor executivo do InPP, Pedro Fevereiro, e os diretores de departamento do InPP, Cristina Azevedo, Sandra Correia, Ricardo Ramiro e David Learmonth, ficaram a conhecer a Ascenza, uma empresa com uma longa experiência no setor da proteção das culturas agrícolas, que está empenhada em trabalhar novas soluções para tornar este setor ainda mais sustentável, eficaz e eficiente.

A visita pretendeu potenciar sinergias e unir esforços entre as duas entidades.

Já no passado dia 5 de abril, o InPP recebeu a visita da Ascenza, em Elvas, com o objetivo de iniciar conversações e discutir propostas de colaboração entre as duas instituições.

Esperemos que o futuro traga novos e entusiasmantes desafios para todos e que estimule a colaboração entre a inovação desenvolvida pelo nosso CoLAB e o setor agroindustrial.

Um agradecimento especial à Ascenza pelo convite.

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