The development of smart agribusiness is the main focus of the agreement that has just been signed between CPqD and Agropolo Campinas-Brasil. Created in June 2015, Agropolo is an inter-institutional platform based on the concept of collaborative innovation, which aims to articulate efforts with knowledge-generating centers (universities and research institutions), the private sector and governments with a view to developing the Bioeconomy. in the region of Campinas, in the areas of agriculture, food, health, biotechnology, biodiversity, bioenergy and green chemistry.
The agreement signed with CPqD – which becomes part of Agropolo Campinas-Brasil – is another important step within this initiative. The intention is to stimulate and promote technological innovation in the area of Bioeconomy, through the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to agriculture, health, food, bioenergy and green chemistry, aiming at sustainable development. Among the planned activities, we highlight the organization of regular visits by delegations to partners and support for joint research, development and innovation projects.
“Agribusiness is one of the segments with great potential to obtain significant results from the application of ICTs. The Internet of Things (IoT), for example, could revolutionize this sector, allowing it to meet the needs of increasing productivity in the field and enabling precision agriculture”, says Alberto Paradisi, vice president of Research and Development at CPqD. He recalls that smart agribusiness is one of the strategic sectors in which CPqD operates in the Internet of Things scenario.
For Sérgio Augusto Morais Carbonell, director of the Agronomic Institute (IAC) and president of the Executive Secretariat of Agropolo, Brazil is a major player in agricultural commodities, but still has a lot to develop in terms of added value to its products. “With a population of more than 200 million people, the country needs a new economy, an economic model that allows us to sustainably exploit our enormous potential, arising from our abundance of fertile lands, an unparalleled biodiversity and the great variety of existing human resources, increasingly qualified. This is what the bioeconomy proposes”, explains Carbonell.
Paradisi also highlights the focus on open innovation maintained by CPqD – through several technological partnerships with universities, companies and other Brazilian and international research institutions – as one of the motivators of the cooperation agreement signed with Agropolo. Inspired by Agropolis International, an association created in 1986 in the region of Montpellier, France, Agropolo Campinas-Brasil counts with the participation of institutions such as IAC, Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL), Instituto Biológico and Instituto de Zootecnia – all linked to the Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo -, the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), the city hall of Campinas and the Technopark Association. It also has the intervention of EMBRAPA – Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and the General Consulate of France in São Paulo. In addition, the Brazilian initiative maintains a partnership with Agropolis International and collaborations with other leading institutions in the Campinas region and in other countries – especially the Netherlands and Germany, in addition to France.
The agreement signed with CPqD – which becomes part of Agropolo Campinas-Brasil – is another important step within this initiative. The intention is to stimulate and promote technological innovation in the area of Bioeconomy, through the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to agriculture, health, food, bioenergy and green chemistry, aiming at sustainable development. Among the planned activities, we highlight the organization of regular visits by delegations to partners and support for joint research, development and innovation projects.
“Agribusiness is one of the segments with great potential to obtain significant results from the application of ICTs. The Internet of Things (IoT), for example, could revolutionize this sector, allowing it to meet the needs of increasing productivity in the field and enabling precision agriculture”, says Alberto Paradisi, vice president of Research and Development at CPqD. He recalls that smart agribusiness is one of the strategic sectors in which CPqD operates in the Internet of Things scenario.
For Sérgio Augusto Morais Carbonell, director of the Agronomic Institute (IAC) and president of the Executive Secretariat of Agropolo, Brazil is a major player in agricultural commodities, but still has a lot to develop in terms of added value to its products. “With a population of more than 200 million people, the country needs a new economy, an economic model that allows us to sustainably exploit our enormous potential, arising from our abundance of fertile lands, an unparalleled biodiversity and the great variety of existing human resources, increasingly qualified. This is what the bioeconomy proposes”, explains Carbonell.
Paradisi also highlights the focus on open innovation maintained by CPqD – through several technological partnerships with universities, companies and other Brazilian and international research institutions – as one of the motivators of the cooperation agreement signed with Agropolo. Inspired by Agropolis International, an association created in 1986 in the region of Montpellier, France, Agropolo Campinas-Brasil counts with the participation of institutions such as IAC, Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL), Instituto Biológico and Instituto de Zootecnia – all linked to the Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo -, the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), the city hall of Campinas and the Technopark Association. It also has the intervention of EMBRAPA – Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and the General Consulate of France in São Paulo. In addition, the Brazilian initiative maintains a partnership with Agropolis International and collaborations with other leading institutions in the Campinas region and in other countries – especially the Netherlands and Germany, in addition to France.
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