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.
“Biotechnology should be seen from a broader perspective than just the development of new [plant] varieties. It is also the use of biological resources for the development and production of goods and services that we need,” stresses Pedro Fevereiro, executive director of InnovPlantProtect (InPP), and adds: “We need to find new ways of looking at agricultural production, (...) using all the knowledge and technology we have available.”.
Pedro Fevereiro took part in the panel entitled “The impact of biotechnology on new agricultural crops”, which was part of the conference “The importance of biotechnology in agriculture”, held this Tuesday, October 17, at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon.
This panel also featured Jorge Canhoto, President of the Biotechnology Information Center (CiB), Patrícia Fonseca, Agricultural Consultant and Former Member of Parliament and was moderated by Fernanda Freitas, Journalist.
In addition to the speakers on this panel, Eduardo Diniz, director-general of the Planning, Policies and General Administration Office (GPP), Jaime Piçarra, secretary-general of the Portuguese Association of Compound Feed Manufacturers (IACA), Paula Cruz Garcia, deputy director-general of the Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary (DGAV), José Diogo Albuquerque, former Secretary of State for Agriculture and specialist in agricultural policies, and David Pontes, director of the Público newspaper, the event's media partner.
Image credits: Henrique Casinhas
The Secretary of State for Agriculture, Gonçalo Rodrigues, was in charge of the closing session.
Watch the recording on Público's YouTube channel here.
The initiative was organized by InPP, IACA and CiB, with the collaboration of Público newspaper.
O InnovPlantProtect (InPP) participou no seminário “Tecnologia e Informação na Agricultura – Smart Farm Virtual”, promovido pela Associação Nacional da Indústria para a Proteção das Plantas (ANIPLA), que decorreu na Universidade de Évora (WOW), durante a tarde do passado dia 11 de outubro.
Pedro Fevereiro, diretor executivo do InPP, participou no painel “Ferramentas para sistemas de produção mais sustentáveis” para falar sobre a importância da investigação e desenvolvimento de Biopesticidas para o estabelecimento de sistema de produção mais sustentáveis.
O CEO do InPP foi ainda orador na mesa-redonda “Tecnologia e Informação na Agricultura”, na qual participaram também Ana Paiva Brandão, Assessora da Direção e colaboradora em projetos na Associação Portuguesa de Mobilização de Conservação do Solo (APOSOLO), e Alexandre Alves, Secretário Executivo da Associação Técnica dos Viticultores do Alentejo (ATEVA). A moderação da mesa redonda ficou a cargo de João Cardoso, Diretor Executivo da ANIPLA.
Topics such as the importance of biotechnology in adapting plants to the challenges of climate change, the need to make digital and precision agriculture accessible, and how conservation agriculture protects the soil and promotes biodiversity were also debated at the event, which was organized as part of the Smart Farm Hub project, in which InPP is a partner.
Um agradecimento especial à ANIPLA pela iniciativa! Foi um excelente momento para promover boas práticas agrícolas e para sensibilizar para os temas mais preocupantes para o setor agrícola.
O InPP visitou a 15ª edição da feira internacional Fruit Attraction, que se realizou de 3 a 5 de outubro, em Madrid. A Fruit Attraction é uma das mais importantes feiras anuais do setor hortofrutícola.
O objetivo da visita foi promover o networking com as empresas participantes do setor, dar a conhecer o CoLAB e as soluções inovadoras de base biológica e digital que temos disponíveis para a proteção de culturas contra pragas e doenças, bem como explorar parcerias estratégicas.
A Fruit Attraction 2023, organizada pela IFEMA MADRID e FEPEX, tendo a Andaluzia como região convidada, registou a maior participação da sua história com 2.000 empresas expositoras de 56 países, mais de 64.000 metros quadrados de área útil e uma presença de 90.000 profissionais de 135 países.
O InPP visitou a feira e os diversos parceiros que estiveram sob a alçada da representação Portuguesa
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