O InPP participou no Fórum Nacional de Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola, que teve lugar no dia 27 de março, integrando a Mostra de Ciência e Tecnologia com um stand dedicado à proteção das plantas.
Neste espaço, foram apresentados diversos materiais demonstrativos, incluindo placas de Petri com fungos e bactérias, plantas, algas e exemplos de produtos formulados, com o objetivo de despertar o interesse e a curiosidade dos visitantes para a importância da saúde das plantas e da investigação científica nesta área.
Ao longo do dia, a Gestora de Comunicação, Inês Ferreira, e o Gestor de Inovação, Paulo Madeira, dinamizaram o contacto com o público visitante, explicando de que forma a investigação em proteção das plantas contribui para melhorar a proteção das culturas e promover uma agricultura mais resiliente e sustentável.
O Fórum Nacional de Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola decorreu no CNEMA, em Santarém, reunindo escolas, centros Ciência Viva, universidades, centros de investigação e diversas outras entidades, num encontro dedicado à ciência, tecnologia e inovação.
O InPP agradece a todos os visitantes que passaram pelo seu stand, destacando a importância destes momentos de partilha para promover o conhecimento científico junto da comunidade.
No dia 26 de março, o InPP participou numa sessão promovida pela Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI), em Lisboa, que contou com a presença de uma comitiva da República Checa ligada ao setor das biotecnologias.
Em representação do InPP estiveram Cristina Azevedo, Diretora de Biosoluções, e Paulo Madeira, Gestor de Inovação, que apresentou a instituição e as suas principais áreas de atuação e competências.
A iniciativa teve como principal objetivo identificar oportunidades de cooperação entre entidades portuguesas e checas, nomeadamente nas áreas de transferência de tecnologia, codesenvolvimento, ensaios pré-clínicos e diagnósticos, coinvestimento e internacionalização da inovação.
A sessão contou com a participação de representantes de entidades relevantes da República Checa, incluindo Petra Kinzlova, CEO da Prague.bio, Katarina Psenakova, Head of Biology da PharmTheon, bem como representantes da Embaixada da República Checa e da Academia das Ciências da República Checa.
Este encontro contribuiu para reforçar o posicionamento do InPP na promoção de parcerias internacionais e no desenvolvimento de soluções inovadoras, evidenciando o compromisso contínuo da instituição em fortalecer redes de colaboração científica e tecnológica e em contribuir para o crescimento e internacionalização da inovação.
O InPP marcou presença no Encontro com orizicultores e técnicos(as) em Portugal, promovido pela EDAF, que decorreu no dia 5 de março, no Pólo de Inovação de Salvaterra de Magos, em Santarém.
A Diretora de Biosoluções do InPP, Cristina Azevedo, integrou o painel de oradores convidados, tendo apresentado a comunicação intitulada “A problemática da Pyricularia na cultura do arroz”. A apresentação incidiu sobre os principais desafios fitossanitários associados a esta doença, que continua a constituir uma das maiores ameaças à produção de arroz a nível mundial e também em Portugal.
O encontro reuniu produtores, técnicos e especialistas da fileira do arroz, proporcionando um espaço de partilha de conhecimento e debate sobre soluções atuais e em desenvolvimento para o controlo da piriculariose. Foram igualmente abordados outros temas relevantes para a sustentabilidade e produtividade da cultura, nomeadamente a gestão da fertilização.
A participação do InPP neste tipo de iniciativas reforça o compromisso da instituição com a inovação, a transferência de conhecimento e o desenvolvimento de soluções sustentáveis para a agricultura nacional.
O InPP agradece à EDAF e ao COTArroz o convite e a organização deste importante encontro, esperando que esta colaboração continue a fortalecer-se no futuro.
Farming is considered by many to be a traditional activity, carried out by hand and managed according to the dictates of the Borda d'Água. But is that really the case? Or is it an activity guided by scientific knowledge and which shows leaps in quality, sustainability and productivity when science is applied judiciously in agricultural fields?
This is the theme of the debate, organized by InnovPlantProtect (InPP), which will take place on National Scientific Culture Day, November 24, at 6pm, in the InPP Auditorium, in Elvas, and which brings together a CEO, António Serrano, a scientist, Rosário Félix, a science communicator, Cristina Nobre Soares, and an agricultural producer, Paulo Maria, at the same table to answer the question: “Does agriculture need Scientific Culture?”.
The debate will be moderated by Pedro Fevereiro, executive director of InPP.
Participation is open to all interested parties, subject to prior registration here.
Celebrate this day with us and come and enrich this debate by asking your questions.
The initiative is part of Science and Technology Week 2022, promoted by Ciência Viva, which runs from November 19 to 27 and celebrates science and technology at national level, with the aim of bringing science closer to society and promoting scientific and technological culture in Portugal.
On November 7, the executive director of InPP, Pedro February, took part in the first session of EDE-X - Entrepreneurial Discovery Spaces, a cycle of participatory events dedicated to technology transfer, R&D and innovation, promoted by National Innovation Agency (ANI), which took place in Évora, at the Alentejo Science and Technology Park.
The main objective of the initiative was the collaborative mapping of technology transfer, R&D and innovation models and processes in the context of smart specialization in Portugal.
This session was an opportunity to involve the entire innovation community in the construction of an operational governance model for the National Strategy for Intelligent Specialization (ENEI 2030), made up of multiregional thematic platforms, and a system for monitoring the dynamics of technology transfer in the areas of intelligent specialization.
ENEI 2030, approved in June, served as the motto for the discussion, in which participants were invited to contribute, through co-creation methodologies, to the definition of the lines of action that give shape to its six major priority areas: Digital Transition; Materials, Systems and Information Technologies; Green Transition; Society, Creativity and Heritage; Health, Biotechnology and Food; Major Natural Assets: Forest, Sea and Space.
(Re)watch the best moments of this session in the video available on ANI's YouTube channel here.
The EDE-X series of events was promoted within the framework of the Support System for Collective Actions - Transfer of Scientific and Technological Knowledge, TECH4INNOV, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund, under the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Programme (COMPETE 2020) of Portugal 2020.
AlViGen, coordinated by InnovPlantProtect, was one of the innovative pilot projects recently selected and funded under the 4th edition of the Promove Program.
The project “AlViGen: Creation of a hub in ALentejo for the GENomic VIgilance of diseases in agriculture”, led by InnovPlantProtect (InPP) in partnership with the University of Évora (WOW), is one of the winners of the 4th edition of the Promove Program (in the category of innovative pilot projects), financed by the La Caixa Foundation, BPI and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). This project will enable the InPP to create the capacity for early detection of multiple crop diseases, using molecular methods that make it possible to identify important characteristics of pathogens, such as virulence, susceptible varieties and resistance to phytopharmaceuticals, benefiting producers and government authorities.
AlViGen aims to create the first genomic surveillance center in the Alentejo, applied to important agricultural crop diseases, a unique structure at local and national level, with state-of-the-art equipment. Genomic surveillance, a methodology widely applied to the SARS-CoV2 virus (which causes COVID-19), makes it possible to characterize pathogens in detail down to the strain level, enabling the agricultural sector to obtain better information on crop pests and diseases, and to manage the means of control (e.g. pesticides) based on data, in order to reduce possible economic, social and environmental impacts.
Ricardo Ramiro, The InPP researcher responsible for the project explains that “the AlViGen project is important to us so that we can establish the conditions for applying genomic surveillance. Once these conditions are established, we will apply genomic surveillance to fungi in olive groves and wheat fields. We will identify which species of fungi are circulating in the air and also characterize the strains of two key fungi in these crops: Pucciniastriiformis f.sp. tritici (yellow rust on wheat) and Colletotrichum spp. (olive galls). This will allow early and rapid detection of strains of these fungi and some of their characteristics, including virulence and resistance to fungicides or pesticides.”.
“The information obtained could be used to prevent sharp losses in the production of these essential crops for the Alentejo region, which is the main producer at national level,” adds Rosário Félix, a UÉ professor also involved in the project.
In addition to bringing benefits to producers in crop management, the service provided by the AlViGen hub will also be of great interest to government entities or non-governmental organizations focused on protecting agricultural crops or biodiversity, since the genomic information produced makes it possible to identify pathways and routes of pest transmission, allowing authorities to implement policies that minimize the risks of transmission.
The AlViGen project is the result of an international collaboration with institutions in Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, bringing together research centers, companies, producer associations and public administration institutions. In addition to InPP and UÉ, the project includes the British research center John Innes Center, the National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Spanish companies De Prado and Roma/Roma-Bio, the Agrupamento de Produtores de Cereais do Sul (CERSUL) and the General Directorate of Food and Veterinary (DGAV).
The fourth edition of the Promove 2022 competition received 29 proposals divided into three categories, with funding of over 3.6 million euros awarded to just 13 pilot projects across the Iberian Peninsula. The Promove Program aims to support innovative initiatives in strategic areas to boost the sustainable development of Portugal's inland and border regions and which can be replicated in other regions with similar characteristics.
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