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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

InnovPlantProtect plants almond trees with students from Elvas - postponement

March 18, 2022
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Ines Ferreira

(Updated, 21/3/2022) The sustainability team of the InnovPlantProtect, InPP Greeners, will plant 19 almond trees with students from the Alcáçova Primary School, The World Tree Day 2022 event, which was scheduled to take place today, has had to be postponed due to weather conditions. The event, scheduled for today, March 21, had to be postponed due to weather conditions and will be held on a new date to be announced.

The trees will be donated by Bolschare and the initiative has the support of Elvas City Council, In addition to the land, the company also provides the necessary planting material and technical support staff. The event will be attended by Councillor Hermenegildo Rodrigues.

At 9.30 a.m., a total of 57 pupils from three classes in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of the Alcáçova Primary School, part of the Elvas School Group 1, will join InnovPlantProtect (InPP) volunteers and members of the Municipality on the ground to plant the almond trees in the area surrounding the so-called “Amoreira arches” in Rossio de São Francisco.

With this action, InPP Greeners want to make elementary school pupils aware of the importance of trees for life. The almond trees were chosen because not only are they part of the work being carried out by InPP, but they are also of great economic interest to the region and are very beautiful landscape trees.

Bolschare is a family-run company based in Elvas that specializes in planting various crops.

The InPP Greeners are InnovPlantProtect's (InPP) sustainability team, created at the end of 2021 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 behaviors by all citizens.

Mayor of Elvas visits InnovPlantProtect

March 16, 2022
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Ines Ferreira

The president of Elvas City Council (CME), José Rondão Almeida, visited today for the first time the facilities of the InnovPlantProtect (InPP), at the Elvense center of the INIAV - National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research. The mayor was accompanied by InPP's executive director, Pedro Fevereiro, and the director of INIAV's Elvas Center, Benvindo Maçãs.

The purpose of the visit was to introduce the mayor to the collaborative laboratory (CoLAB), at a time when the team is moving into the definitive premises, whose construction work is almost finished. Rondão Almeida considered the new space “very functional” and wanted to find out about the people who work at the InPP: how many there are, where they come from and what roles they play.

Pedro Fevereiro, Benvindo Maçãs and Rondão Almeida; the mayor with project manager Carla Moreira; Rondão Almeida and the executive director of InPP

InnovPlantProtect has a total of 39 members, 33 researchers and 6 administrative staff, from Elvas, various other parts of Portugal and abroad, from countries such as Guatemala, India, Iran, Italy and Brazil, among others.

The president of the CME, which is a founding member of the InPP, expressed his satisfaction with what he had seen and what it could represent in terms of contributing to the development of the Alentejo, considering the CoLAB “a good challenge” that the local authority has embraced together with INIAV and other institutions.

Elvas, March 16, 2022

Images: CMElvas

Should the world prepare for a food crisis? Pedro Fevereiro speaks to Antena 1

March 16, 2022
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Ines Ferreira

The most unprotected and fragile populations, those who have the most difficulty accessing food, are the ones who will feel the impact of the potential food crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine the most, Pedro Fevereiro said today on the morning program of the Ukrainian Television. Antena 1, to which he was invited.

In a live interview with journalist Eduarda Maio, the executive director of InnovPlantProtect (InPP) also expressed concern about the transformation of agriculture in Europe towards a more sustainable model. Although the decisions have already been made, Pedro Fevereiro believes that there will be an impact when they are implemented, not only from an environmental point of view, but also from a social and economic one.

The director of the InPP argued that the current crisis, coupled with the previous one caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, is very worrying and that we are “forgetting other issues that are fundamental”, such as efforts to mitigate climate change and reduce the increase in the planet's average temperature, which are now even economically constrained.

Listen here in full to the 10am slot on Antena 1, with Pedro Fevereiro's full statements.

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