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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 marca presença no TECH4INNOV

March 29, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

Hoje, dia 29 de março, o InnovPlantProtect esteve no Europarque, em Santa Maria da Feira, no Porto, para participar no TECH4INNOV: o Presente e o Futuro da Inovação em Portugal, uma mostra tecnológica que junta várias atores do Sistema Nacional de Inovação (SNI) para darem a conhecer os resultados de projetos de Investigação e Desenvolvimento (I&D) e as tecnologias que têm desenvolvido, mostrando assim o melhor que se tem feito na transformação do conhecimento em inovação.

O evento, organizado pela Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI), teve como principal objetivo promover as atividades de transferência de tecnologia e do conhecimento, potenciando a sua valorização e comercialização permitindo uma maior e melhor articulação entre as empresas e entidades do Sistema Científico e Tecnológico Nacional.

Durante o dia foram expostas novas tecnologias assim como discutidas novas perspetivas e soluções disruptivas em painéis de debate com convidados nacionais e internacionais e espaços de demonstração, onde estiveram patentes casos de sucesso desenvolvidos por Centros de Tecnologia e Inovação (CTI), Laboratórios Colaborativos (CoLAB), Gabinetes de Transferência de Tecnologia (TTO), Digital Innovation Hubs, entre outras entidades do SNI.

More information about the event here.

Vertical Algae Project presented this Monday in Faro

March 28, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

Yesterday, March 27, saw the launch of the Vertical Algae project, part of the Blue Bioeconomy Pact mobilizing agenda, led by Inovamar, and in which InnovPlantProtect (InPP) is involved, at the University of the Algarve in Faro.

InPP was present to present the agricultural activity it coordinates, in partnership with the collaborative laboratory GreenCoLAB, The aim of the project is to identify, produce and test algae-based biopesticides and biostimulants to make agriculture more sustainable.

The public session included speeches by Miguel Marques, Chairman of Inovamar's Board of Directors, João Navalho, Chairman of Necton's Board of Directors, José Apolinário, President of the Algarve Regional Coordination and Development Commission and Pedro Valadas Monteiro, Algarve Regional Director for Agriculture and Fisheries. The initiative also included a round table, moderated by Necton, with the participation of all the previous speakers.

The Vertical Algae consortium, which involves a total of 38 entities, including companies, universities, CoLABs and Research and Development (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.

In addition to this consortium, led by Necton, linked to the algae sector, launched this Monday in the Algarve, this mobilizing agenda includes six more secondary consortia, linked to the creation of new industries: biomaterials, bivalves, textiles, food, animal feed and fish.

Vertical Algae is co-financed by the Next Generation EU Funds, through the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), and is the largest initiative in the Blue Bioeconomy Pact agenda.

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ABC Project carries out first field activity with students

March 24, 2023
Blog
Ines Ferreira

The ABC - AgriBioCircular project team held its first field activity with students from the D. Sancho II Secondary School and the Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas this Friday, March 24, at the Reynolds Wine Growers estate in Arronches.

During the field activity, the students had the opportunity to learn how to identify the insects found in each habitat and experiment with different techniques for sampling insects and microorganisms, both using traditional techniques and more technologically advanced ones, using sensors and artificial intelligence.

“The aim is to put into practice, in the olive groves and cork oak forests of this property, what was worked on in the classroom, namely to teach the students how to identify the insects found in each habitat, using traditional (...) sampling techniques, as well as others that are more technologically advanced,” explained Nuno Faria, an IPP researcher.

The aim is for the students “to be able to identify what they see in the field, as well as to learn which insects are useful in ecosystems, but also those that are potentially pests and harmful to crops in the Alentejo,” added the researcher.

The ABC - AgriBioCircular project, led by InPP, is funded by the Environmental Fund program, under the National Environmental Education Strategy (ENEA 2022).

Find out more about the field trip in the Rádio ELVAS news item here.