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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

Integrated management of pear diseases: InPP organizes workshop

December 5, 2021
Blog
Ines Ferreira

A two-day meeting in Elvas brings together partners from DIMAP, the only Portuguese project approved under SmartAgriHubs' PREPARE line. Objective: to propose a digital ecosystem for integrated disease management in pear orchards.

O workshop of the project “DIMAP: A digital ecosystem for integrated disease management in pear orchards”, led by InnovPlantProtect (InPP), took place on December 2nd and 3rd at the São Mateus Auditorium in Elvas.

Two days of intense brainstorming included talks by the different consortium partners, including: the presentation of reports on the three main pear diseases, presentations on the reality faced by producers and discussions on the tools available to better detect, predict and control the diseases identified.

In addition to the review presented by the InPP on biological and agronomic information on pear diseases caused by pathogens Erwinia amylovora (bacterial fire), Stemphylium vesicarium (stenphylosis) and Rosellinia necatrix (root rot), the participants had the opportunity to reflect on the know-how and experience of the Higher Institute of Agronomy, from Sobrena Agricultural Producers Association, from National Horticultural Operational and Technological Center, from Rocha Center and the company Blackbird.

The lectures at the technology forum were given by the InPP, the Smart Farm CoLAB and companies Biome Makers e TerraPro. The final discussion served to define the project's next steps, namely the identification of technologies that will be tested at DIMAP on a preliminary basis, with a view to being included in a future project to create a decision support system.

DIMAP was the only Portuguese project approved under the PREPARE line of the SmartAgriHubs, The consortium is a network of organizations that work together to promote the digitalization of the agri-food sector and interaction between different players in this industry. The consortium also includes National Association of Rocha Pear Producers, a National Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers' Organizations and Elvas School of Agriculture.

The São Mateus Auditorium was kindly provided by Elvas City Council.

The “Word to the chestnut trees” project is now online

November 25, 2021
Blog
Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect has launched a website dedicated to the project “The word to the chestnut trees: educating them to know, protect and monitor them using IoT technology”. Meet the team and see all the information, background, details, and the various materials produced and now made publicly available.

As part of Science and Technology Week 2021, which runs until next Sunday, November 28th, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) is launching the website for the project “The word to the chestnut trees: educating to know, protect and monitor them through IoT technology”, co-financed by the European Commission. Environmental Fund and led by InPP in collaboration with Sabugal Town Hall (CMS).

The project consists of applying an experimental and innovative environmental education program, aimed at chestnut producers, CMS technicians and 12th grade students from the Sabugal School Group, and based on “Internet of Things” (IoT) technology.

In this context, InPP and CMS have installed two dozen TreeTalker sensors in chestnut trees in the parishes of Fóios and Soito, which will allow the trees to communicate their state of health, making it possible to remotely monitor physiological parameters such as water consumption, biomass growth, trunk humidity, absorbed solar radiation and canopy reflectance.

Find out more about the project “The word to the chestnut growers...”, sensor installation and educational activities. Discover all the resources already available online.

Here's the InnovPlantProtect sustainability team

November 25, 2021
Blog
Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect's (InPP) new sustainability team, named InPP Greeners, marks the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) and the Science and Technology Week 2021 in Portugal by opening a Twitter account.

The aim is to share knowledge and good practices that lead to the creation of more sustainable laboratories and institutions, as well as promoting the adoption of more sustainable behavior by all citizens.