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InnovPlantProtect launches new website to mark 7 years of activity

January 24, 2026
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Ines Ferreira

O InnovPlantProtect (InPP), Collaborative Laboratory specializing in biological and digital solutions for crop protection, aligned with the emerging challenges of agriculture, will launch its new institutional website on January 24th, on a symbolic date marking 7 years working in the agricultural sector.

This launch is part of a phase of institutional evolution and consolidation InPP, reinforcing its strategy of proximity to the sector, clarity in the communication of its competencies and affirmation as a strategic partner for companies, producers, associations and public bodies.

An even clearer, more up-to-date and sector-oriented platform

With a renewed structure and a more intuitive browsing experience, the new website features:

an area of Services and Products completely reorganized, which facilitates access to specialized services, laboratory capabilities and biological and digital solutions developed by InPP, as well as to a updated catalog of services and biosolutions;
more complete institutional content that reinforces transparency, scientific rigor and CoLAB's mission;
a clearer presentation of scientific skills and research areas, highlighting the impact of the work carried out by InPP's multidisciplinary teams.

New image, same mission - but reinforced

The launch of the website is accompanied by the implementation of InnovPlantProtect's new visual identity, This reflects the maturity of CoLAB and its future ambitions.

The new image - accompanied by the slogan “Innovate together. Protect better.” - reflects InPP's ongoing commitment to:

Developing new generation biological and digital solutions;
Promoting safer, more innovative and more productive agriculture;
Strengthen collaboration and partnership with the agricultural sector and the innovation ecosystem.

A new phase for InPP

The digital and visual renovation is part of a broader strategy of maturity and consolidation, Through this initiative, InPP aims to strengthen its role as a scientific and technological partner for the agricultural sector in applied research and the development of crop protection solutions.

According to António Saraiva, InPP's executive director: “This new website isn't just a digital revamp - it's a reflection of the ambition we have for our future and how we want to communicate with the sector. We want every visitor to understand the purpose that drives us: to create innovative solutions that protect crops, boost productivity and contribute to more sustainable agricultural systems. InPP is entering a new phase, with a clearer, more accessible identity aligned with the real needs of agriculture and a renewed commitment to real impact on the ground.”

Available from January 24th

The new InnovPlantProtect website will be available from January 24th at: https://iplantprotect.pt/

2026 begins with new InnovPlantProtect features

January 16, 2026
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Ines Ferreira

The start of a new year also marks a new cycle for InnovPlantProtect. In 2026, InPP enters a phase of evolution and consolidation, with several new features that reinforce its position as a strategic partner for the intelligent transformation of agriculture.

Over the next few months, initiatives, content and tools will be presented that reflect the work carried out by our teams in the areas of applied research, biological solutions, specialized services and digital innovation.

The first step in this new phase will be presented in the next January 24th, InnovPlantProtect is celebrating the date 7 years in business at the service of the agricultural sector.

Until then, we continue to prepare a range of new products that reflect our mission to promote safer, more innovative and more productive agriculture.

Stay tuned. What's coming is just the beginning.

Sustainability that Generates Value: InPP debates the role of ESG in the future of the fruit and vegetable sector

December 3, 2025
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Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) was present at the conference “Building value together”, organized by our associate FNOP - National Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers' Organizations.

InPP's executive director, António Saraiva, moderated the panel “Sustainability that generates value: The role of ESG in the future of the sector”, which included interventions from Catarina Pinto Correia (VdA), Cristina Câmara (APED), Filipa Saldanha (Crédito Agrícola), Joana Oom de Sousa (Sovena) and Rui Veríssimo Baptista (Companhia das Lezírias).

The opening session was given by Domingos dos Santos, president of FNOP and a member of CoLAB's Board of Directors of our CoLAB.

The meeting brought together producer organizations, farmers, companies, experts and political decision-makers to discuss the current challenges and look to the future of the national fruit and vegetable sector.

With the participation of national and international experts, the conference was a privileged space for sharing experiences and strategic reflection, focusing on the organization of production and the role of public policies in promoting sustainable growth.

Congratulations to FNOP for the initiative and the ability to bring together a panel of excellent speakers, making this conference a relevant and topical milestone for the sector.

Image credits: Voz do Campo magazine

EVENTS

South Campus priority innovation center is based at InnovPlantProtect

January 6, 2022
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Ines Ferreira

MASSA - Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Modernization and Food Security is one of the priority CAIS of the South Campus and is based at the Elvas CoLAB.

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) is the headquarters of one of the three priority centers for applied knowledge and innovation of the recently created South Campus, This consortium brings together the University of Évora (UÉ), NOVA University Lisbon and the University of the Algarve. NOVA and UÉ are members of the collaborative laboratory (CoLAB).

The Centers of Applied Knowledge and Innovation for Sustainability (CAIS) focus on designing “innovative solutions in specific areas of sustainable development in the South, based on existing infrastructures,” explain the consortium's leaders. The specific objective of MASS CAISES - The Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Modernization and Food Security, based at the InPP in Elvas, aims to “promote agriculture based on a sustainable model, aligned with the principles of the circular economy and the eco-economy (...), contributing to the development and cohesion of the territories of the Iberian South and Interior”.

Innovation applied to agricultural production, the valorization of endogenous natural resources, the promotion of the Mediterranean diet and the training of human resources in the area of sustainable agriculture are the main thematic lines of action. The strategic partners of this CAIS include local authorities, CCDRs (Algarve, Alentejo, Lisbon), the Institute of Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV, also an InPP associate), Bayer Crop Science, Syngenta Crop Protection (both InPP associates), the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation, the Fraunhofer Institute and the Association of Young Farmers of Portugal (AJAP), as well as other academic partners at Iberian and international level.

The South Campus - Interuniversity Association of the South was presented was publicly announced on December 22, 2021, in the Auditorium of the Colégio do Espírito Santo at the University of Évora. InPP's executive director was one of the speakers at the afternoon session (Science Day@South). Pedro Fevereiro spoke on the panel “Earth Research and Social Innovation”, with a presentation entitled “Innovative Bio-based Solutions for Crop Protection”.

Read more on the Innovation component of the South Campus and on the priority CAIS, including MASSA.

A more sustainable Happy Holidays

December 15, 2021
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Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect (InPP) would like to wish the entire team, Associates and partners Happy Holidays by sharing the Christmas Tree set up by CoLAB's newly created sustainability team, InPP Greeners.

The maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) was purchased locally from the Elvas Volunteer Fire Brigade for a symbolic price, helping to raise funds for the organization, which collects the trees for the benefit of the Serra de São Mamede forest.

It is decorated with repurposed laboratory materials, including reused paper ribbons and recycled cardboard balls.

Follow the team on @InPPGreeners

The Elvas Volunteer Fire Brigade is selling the pine trees at a symbolic price of €5 and €10. The maritime pine is widely used in Portugal as a Christmas tree. Plastic, paper and cardboard, among other materials, were reused in the decorations.

InPP in three consortia in the 2nd phase of the PRR Mobilizing Agendas

December 6, 2021
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Ines Ferreira

InnovPlantProtect is participating in three ideas that applied to the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) measure “Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation - Proposals for the Economy of the Future”, which have been selected to move on to phase two of the process: InsectERA, the Blue Bioeconomy Pact and OesteFruta 4.0.

OesteFruta 4.0 is a mobilizing agenda for fruit growing in the West. The aim is to provide the region and the sector with tools that will enable them to face current and future challenges, with a focus on the Rocha pear and the Alcobaça apple. The consortium is led by Atlantic Portuguese Apple - Clube da Maçã and the idea, presented on Friday in Leixões by Armando Torres Paulo, corresponds to a total investment of €97 million.

The public session to present the Mobilizing Agendas took place on December 2nd and 3rd at the Port of Leixões Cruise Terminal. At the day 3 Daniel Murta, CEO of Ingredient Odyssey, and Tiago Pitta e Cunha, representing Inovamar, which is leading the Blue Bioeconomy Pact. This idea, which corresponds to a total investment of €220 million, aims to reindustrialize the blue bioeconomy by creating new economic models based on the use of marine bio-resources, as well as creating the first blue bioeconomy in the world. hub european blue bioeconomy.

The InsectERA agenda, which involves a total investment of €57 million, aims to apply circular economy concepts to the insect industry. The idea is to return by-products from the agro-industry, and some agricultural and urban waste, to the value chain in the form of nutritional solutions for people, animals and plants, as well as new industrial solutions, from cosmetics to bioplastics.

The information is public and can be consulted on the from IAPMEI.