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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

Academics analyze higher education in Portugal

December 5, 2020
Latest
Ines Ferreira

Academic federations, rectors and university professors will “Reflect on the past and future of higher education assessment and accreditation in Portugal” at a conference to be held on December 18 in Lisbon. The CEO of InnovPlantProtect, Pedro Fevereiro, is one of those invited to present the development prospects and future challenges, based on a reflection of the last decade.

The conference “Reflecting on the past and future of the evaluation and accreditation of higher education in Portugal” will be held on December 18, between 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m., at the Thalia Theatre in Lisbon. Organized and promoted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, in conjunction with the Board of Trustees of the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education, A3ES, this initiative aims to diagnose the state of higher education in Portugal and present measures for improvement that can be implemented in the near future.

Pedro Fevereiro, CEO of the InnovPlantProtect collaborative laboratory, was invited to a session to present the development prospects and future challenges for higher education assessment and accreditation in Portugal and Europe, based on a reflection of the last decade of higher education assessment and accreditation.

Preceded by the inauguration of the new Board of Directors of the Agency for the Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), the session will begin with an introduction by the Chairman of the A3ES Board of Trustees, Manuel Sobrinho Simões, with speeches by the outgoing Chairman of A3ES, Alberto Amaral, and the new Chairman, João Guerreiro. This will be followed by a debate with brief speeches by the presidents of academic federations and the presidents of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities (CRUP), the Coordinating Council of Polytechnic Higher Education Institutes (CCISP) and the Portuguese Association of Private Higher Education (APESP). Minister Manuel Heitor will close the session.

Although it will be held in person, subject to compliance with the rules in force defined by the health authorities, the conference will also be broadcast on the internet via the link: https://videocast.fccn.pt/live/sec-geral_mec/sdtroo. Prior registration is required at the following address: gabinete.mctes@mctes.gov.pt

Covid-19 dominates theme of EU Agricultural Outlook 2020 conference

December 3, 2020
Blog
Ines Ferreira

This year's edition will see speakers reflect on and analyze the lessons learned from the pandemic and the paths to a sustainable recovery. It will also be an opportunity to present and discuss the results of the prospective study on “The farmers of the future”.

The European Union's annual conference, “Agricultural Outlook 2020”, will be held on December 16 and 17, this time in an online format and with a reduced duration (two half days) due to the global situation related to the Covid-19 crisis.

Organized since 2014, these conferences have become successful meetings for establishing exchanges between interested parties on the market outlook, including the political framework and the uncertainties regarding the evolution of the market over the next ten years. They are held to coincide with the publication of the annual market outlook report.

See program e register to take part.

‘Green Deal Webinar Series’ debates new paradigms in the agri-food sector

November 26, 2020
Latest
Ines Ferreira

The “Green Deal Webinar Series”, promoted by high-tech Zenithwings, is back for another edition to highlight the opportunities of the European Commission's Green Deal strategy. The initiative - in this edition with a greater focus on the agri-food sector - aims to make national agents aware of the importance of channeling investments that contribute to a greater degree of environmental sustainability in their activities.

Webinar #2 of the Green Deal Webinar Series will take place online on December 2, starting at 10 a.m., with the theme “Farm to Work - New paradigms in the agri-food sector”, and will feature a specialized range of guests: Álvaro Amaro, MEP, Natacha Pinto, Executive Coordinator of InovCluster, Armando Alves, Researcher at the University of Aveiro and Carlos Oliveira, Head of Product at Zenithwings.

The general aim of this webinar is to explore the new challenges and opportunities of the Green Deal, with a focus on the agri-food sector. It will analyze the sector's current level of sustainability and what reforms are needed at the various points in the value chain, be it production, transformation, distribution, marketing or consumption.

The event also aims to encourage companies to adopt innovative technologies and solutions that bring sustainability to the sector, particularly those that contribute to greater clarity, monitoring and quantification of impacts. In this regard, Zenithwings' SmartAgriChain project will be particularly highlighted, as a web-based solution to support the certification of agri-food products and the monitoring of the entire sector.
the supply chain, supported by blockchain technology.

The Green Deal Webinar Series is aimed particularly at entrepreneurs and technical experts in the areas of Technology, Agriculture, Industry, Construction, Urban Planning and Environmental Services, policy makers, teachers, researchers, students, members and governing bodies of non-profit associations and environmental NGOs, but is open to the general public. Participation in this webinar is free of charge and requires compulsory registration.

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