InovaFrut 2024 announces approved proposals

Five proposals were selected for the Open Innovation Program in Fruit Growing – InovaFrut 2024, coordinated by Embrapa Cassava and Fruit Growing (Cruz das Almas, BA), a Unit of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa, linked to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The call for proposals was launched in August of this year, and was published by Cultivar Magazine. 

“Open innovation” is considered to be the introduction of novelty or improvement, in the productive and/or social environment, of creations obtained, generated and/or developed in partnership with other institutions, in order to improve the development of products and processes, provide better services for society, increase efficiency and added value.

“InovaFrut 2024 met our expectations. We received numerous proposals linked to the different priority themes defined in the call for proposals, which presented very challenging ideas, and we will seek to implement some of them together with their proponents. In our understanding, initiatives such as InovaFrut 2024 expand Embrapa’s capacity to approach private partners in search of solutions for some of the priority themes of Brazilian fruit farming”, highlights researcher Eduardo Chumbinho de Andrade, deputy head of Research, Development & Innovation.

The selected proposals are:

- Development of temporary immersion bioreactor monitored and controlled by AI (Casgen Biotechnology);

- Use of plants cultivated in Recôncavo da Bahia for the production of phytocosmetics (Emanar Biocosméticos);

- Increased productivity associated with reduced losses due to viruses with the planting of cloned papaya (Multicana Plus Service Ltda.);

- Micropropagation of plantain from meristem and flowers aiming at increasing productivity (Multicana Plus Service Ltda.); and

- Development of nanoformulations for pest mitigation in the field and post-harvest (N&P).