{"id":21337,"date":"2025-06-12T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/?post_type=eventos&p=21337"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:16:45","slug":"seminar-highlights-the-contribution-of-colabs-to-the-future-of-agricultural-and-agri-food-innovation","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/eventos\/seminario-destacou-contributo-dos-colabs-para-o-futuro-da-inovacao-agricola-e-agroalimentar\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar highlights CoLABs' contribution to the future of agricultural and agri-food innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 11th, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) held a seminar on \u201cSix years of innovation: CoLABs\u201d path to the future of the agricultural and agri-food sectors\"<\/strong>, at the National Agriculture Fair (FNA) in Santar\u00e9m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event brought together, for the first time, six Collaborative Laboratories (CoLABs) with direct involvement in the agricultural and agri-food sectors: InnovPlantProtect, CoLAB4Food, FeedInov CoLAB, Food4Sustainability, MORE CoLAB and SmartFarmCoLAB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Round table 1 - Sofia Couto (ANI), Paulo Madeira (InPP), Andr\u00e9 Mota (Colab4Food), Cristina Monteiro (FeedInov), Margarida Palma (Food4Sustainability), Albino Bento (MORE CoLAB), and Helena Vaz\u00e3o (SmartFarmCoLAB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Round table 2 - Isabel Martins (Vida Rural), Pedro Viterbo (Fertiprado), Rui Lima (SenseTest), Jaime Pi\u00e7arra (IACA), Gon\u00e7alo Amorim (BGI), Andreia Afonso (Deifil Technology) and Andr\u00e9 S\u00e1 (TEROMOVIGO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Closing session - Tiago Pinto (ANPROMIS), Ant\u00f3nio Saraiva (InPP), Miguel Teixeira (CoLAB4Food), Ana Sofia Santos (FeedInov), Nuno Serra (Food4Sustainability), Albino Bento (MORE CoLAB) and Helena Vaz\u00e3o (SmartFarmCoLAB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The program included two round tables. The first, dedicated to \u201cInnovation in Action: The Results and Impacts of CoLABs in Agriculture and Agrifood\u201d<\/strong>, representatives from each CoLAB took part, presenting success stories and projects developed, with emphasis on the intervention of the innovation manager at InnovPlantProtect, Paulo Madeira<\/strong>, He shared InPP's achievements in developing solutions for more sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second round table, under the theme \u201cPartnerships for the Future: How CoLABs are Driving Innovation in the Agricultural and Agri-Food Sector\u201d<\/strong>, The event was attended by partner companies and associations, who stressed the importance of collaborating with the CoLABs. Among the speakers were Pedro Viterbo, manager of Fertiprado<\/strong>, InnovPlantProtect's partner, accompanied by representatives of the following organizations Sense Test, Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa Dos Industriais De Alimentos Compostos Para Animais (IACA), Building Global Innovators (BGI), DEIFIL Technology and TeroMovigo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended with a moment of joint reflection, with speeches from all the executive directors of the CoLABs present, including the executive director of InnovPlantProtect, Ant\u00f3nio Saraiva<\/strong>, The meeting was organized by the European Commission, which stressed the importance of cooperation and strategic coordination between the Collaborative Laboratories, reinforcing their collective commitment to innovation and sustainable development in the agricultural and agri-food sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Round table 1 - Paulo Madeira (InPP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Round table 2 - Pedro Viterbo (Fertiprado)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Closing session - Ant\u00f3nio Saraiva (InPP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Throughout the seminar, the importance of synergies between science, innovation and the market became clear, as did the need to strengthen funding and guarantee conditions for the continuity and growth of these Collaborative Laboratories, whose impacts are already visible in the national agricultural and agri-food ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This meeting was an important moment for sharing experiences and strengthening collaborative work, charting a joint path towards a more competitive, sustainable and innovative future for agriculture and agri-food in Portugal.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

O InnovPlantProtect (InPP) promoveu, no passado dia 11 de junho, o semin\u00e1rio \u201cSeis anos de inova\u00e7\u00e3o: O caminho dos CoLABs para o futuro dos setores agr\u00edcola e agroalimentar\u201d, no \u00e2mbito da Feira Nacional da Agricultura (FNA), em Santar\u00e9m. O evento reuniu, pela primeira vez de forma expressiva, seis Laborat\u00f3rios Colaborativos (CoLABs) com interven\u00e7\u00e3o direta nos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21340,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[26,222,281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21337","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-destaque","category-noticia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/21337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/21337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21347,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/21337\/revisions\/21347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplantprotect.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}