CESAM hosts INSECTERA project meeting

On January 21st, a meeting took place at the University of Aveiro within the scope of the INSECTERA Mobilizing Agenda, where CESAM researchers presented the results of the first entomofertilizer application campaign in old Van Zeller & Co vineyards, located in Valença do Douro. Representatives from the company Ingredient Odyssey (IO), coordinator of the INSECTERA Agenda, Thunder Foods (TF) and Van Zeller & Co (VZ) were present. At this meeting, the results were discussed, and new sampling campaigns were planned that will take place in 2025 and 2026, and which will result in a temporal assessment of the application of entomofertilizer (from Mosca Soldado-Negro) in wine production and in the quality and functionality of soils and vines (90-year-old plants).

In the photo, from left to right: Francisca Van Zeller (VZ), Clarice Souza (IO), Diogo Correia (TF), Francisco Pinto (VZ), Rita Silva (UA), Luís Meneses (VZ), Diogo Cardoso, Susana Loureiro and Rui Morgado (UA).