CVC takes part in Agrobiotech Innovation Forum 2025

This week, the CVC participated in the Agrobiotech Innovation Forum 2025, held at Fira de Lleida from November 25 to 27. The congress has established itself as a benchmark meeting point for professionals and companies in the agri-food sector, showcasing emerging technologies, sustainable solutions, and innovative strategies to drive 21st-century agriculture and livestock farming.

In this edition, the centre had its own booth, from which it presented projects in the field of smart livestock farming, developed by its innovation unit, focused on monitoring, tracking, and detecting anomalous behaviours in animals. The centre also showcased computer vision projects applied to biodiversity preservation, such as the automatic detection of invasive species from aerial imagery or the monitoring of native wildlife.

Also, several computer vision solutions applied to agricultural environments were presented:

Spider

A project aimed at generating digital shadows of agricultural land. The process involves capturing data from a specific area—such as a vineyard—and transforming it into an accurate digital reconstruction in the form of a three-dimensional model.
Using very low-resolution satellite images as a starting point, the algorithm refines and enhances the available information to obtain a much higher resolution. Additional data sources, such as approximate maps of the area, can also be integrated and fused with the satellite imagery to enrich the final reconstruction.
The goal is to move from images with pixel sizes equivalent to 10 metres to representations with resolutions of just a few centimetres, all without the need for drone flights.

Partially supported by Grant PID2021-128945NB-I00 fundedbyMICIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF, EU and Grant PID2024-162815NB-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF/EU.

Vinia

A tool that supports vineyard monitoring and yield estimation through combined data. The project has been developed jointly with the Rovira i Virgili University Foundation (FURV).
CVC’s contribution includes capturing images of the vineyard and reconstructing them in 3D to generate a virtual environment that allows analysis of elements such as branch volume, number of dead plants, or the size and quantity of inflorescences.
Meanwhile, FURV collects real-time environmental data, images, and soil parameters from strategic points, recording the crop’s evolution in terms of shoots, leaves, inflorescences, and fruit ripening.
Both solutions are integrated into a user-friendly interface, making it easier for growers to access key analyses on the state and development of their plantation.

Action of the Strategic Plan of the CAP 2023–2027, co-financed by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca and Alimentación, the European Union, and the Government of Catalonia.

SNSAT

A super-resolution technology applied to vegetation indices derived from satellite images. This tool significantly enhances the quality of captured imagery, making it possible to reveal crop row alignments or other agronomic patterns that were previously obscured by pixelation.

Action of the Strategic Plan of the CAP 2023–2027, co-financed by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca and Alimentación, the European Union, and the Government of Catalonia.

In addition, on November 27, Fátima López, Head of Technology Transfer at the centre, presented the CVC’s mission and vision to other attendees, companies, and organizations at the congress, and showcased the technological solutions currently being developed by the centre for agricultural environments.