O InnovPlantProtect (InPP) promotes the seminar “Six years of innovation: The path of CoLABs for the future of the agricultural and agri-food sectors”, on the next day June 11th, from 09h30 until 11h00, in center stage at Espaço InsectERA, located in the Central Cloisters of the National Center for Agricultural Exhibitions and Markets (CNEMA) in Santarém.
The seminar aims to present the practical results and real impact of six Collaborative Laboratories (CoLABs) in Portugal - InnovPlantProtect, Colab4Food, FeedInov, Food4Sustainability, MORE and SmartFarmCoLAB. These interface infrastructures are essential pillars of the National Innovation System (SNI) and play a growing and essential role in the dynamics of innovation for agriculture and agri-food.
The event will be attended by members of the teams and partners of each of the CoLABs, who will talk about their vision of the added value of these interface and innovation entities, from the point of view of those who collaborate directly with them.
The initiative, which is part of the National Agriculture Fair (FNA) 2025, which this year has the theme “Biosolutions” and will be the stage for exploring the innovations that are shaping the future of the sector, brings together different representatives of the innovation ecosystem to show the role of CoLABs in stimulating the transfer of knowledge and making innovation available to agriculture and agri-food in Portugal, creating value and attracting highly qualified human resources to the country.
See the full program in the image below.
The registration for the event is free, but mandatory due to the limited capacity of the space. Guarantee your presence by filling in the available form here.
We look forward to welcoming you for a morning of sharing and debate on the future of innovation in the agricultural and agri-food sectors!
Estamos em contagem decrescente para a Feira Nacional de Agricultura (FNA), uma das maiores feiras agrícolas do país!
É já de 7 a 15 de junho que o InPP vai estar na 61ª edição da Feira Nacional de Agricultura, que se realiza no CNEMA – Centro Nacional de Exposições, em Santarém.
O tema da edição deste ano é “Biosoluções”e pretende destacar a importância das soluções e tecnologias inovadoras no setor agroalimentar e na promoção de práticas mais sustentáveis e eficientes.
A FNA reúne agricultores, empresários e especialistas dos setores agroalimentar, pecuário e agrícola e é um excelente espaço para aumentar a nossa rede de contactos, trocar conhecimentos e apresentar as mais recentes tendências e soluções agrícolas que a nossa equipa tem desenvolvido.
Vai poder encontrar-nos no stand nº.18, à entrada do Espaço dos claustros, dedicado à Agenda InsectERA, entre as 10h e as 20h.
InnovPlantProtect (InPP) took part in the National Olive Growing Fair (FNO 25) in Campo Maior, from May 23 to 25, presenting its latest biological and digital innovations for crop protection, including projects focused on biopesticides for olive diseases and early detection of fungi that cause gafa, and monitoring insect vectors of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which attacks olive groves. The Elvas CoLAB was present with its own stand to demonstrate its strengths and the impact of its research on agricultural sustainability, inviting producers, technicians and researchers to learn about its innovative bio-based and digital solutions and to actively participate in the discussion of the sector's challenges.
The collaborative laboratory (CoLAB) welcomed visitors at the stand no. 14, located at thematic area at the Campo Maior Municipal Garden, to showcase their activity, the ongoing projects that are developing solutions to the main olive diseases, the patents already submitted, the apps for agricultural management and the bio-based and digital products and services they have to offer the agricultural sector and the market. Throughout the three days of the fair, some of InPP's researchers were at the stand to demonstrate to visitors the various features of the Elvas CoLAB, which has been developing innovation that it hopes will contribute to the sustainability of agricultural systems.
InPP announced ValorCannBio project, which is processing biomass that is not used in the medical cannabis industry to develop effective and sustainable biopesticides against gafa and tuberculosis, The project will be carried out in the municipality of Elvas, which is responsible for decimating entire harvests, leading to severe economic losses and compromising food quality. The impact of this project will be felt in the municipality of Elvas, where the project is being developed, but it is expected that it will extend to the entire olive-growing region from Trás-os-Montes to the Algarve, where production losses are increasing due to these diseases. O AlViGen project was also one of the protagonists and is using cutting-edge technology to detecting and identifying the strains of fungi that cause gafa, long before the symptoms become visible. The project team has used traps to collect spores that circulate in the air to monitor the presence of fungi, which can give farmers an important advantage in preventing infections and protecting their crops, reducing production losses.
O SNM_XylellaVt project, The SNM_XylellaVt project, led by DRAPCENTRO and in which InPP actively participates, was also highlighted at FNO. SNM_XylellaVt is monitor the insect vectors of the bacteria Xyllela fastidiosa, in particular the foam leafhopper, the insect responsible for transmitting the bacterium, which attacks various agricultural and forestry crops, and in particular olive groves. The project team is developing new tools, such as risk prediction models which, in the presence of the bacterium, whether in plants or insect vectors, will allow the National Agricultural Warning Service (SNAA) to alert, in real time, about the economic attack levels (EAL) for these insects, thus allowing prevent infection of the main crops. As part of this project, the team has also developed an online platform where citizens can report the sighting of foams, which are signs of the presence of the insect vectors of X. fastidiosa, This will help to map its temporal and spatial distribution and to plan measures to combat this bacterium.
The FNO, organized jointly by the Campo Maior City Council and the Centre for the Study and Promotion of Olive Oil in the Alentejo (CEPAAL), is an event that aims to enhance national olive growing, and in particular Portuguese olive oil, boosting the local economy and bringing together professionals from the sector - producers, technicians, or researchers - from all over the country to discuss challenges and trends in the Portuguese olive and olive oil sector.
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.
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.
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.
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