A new video presents the work developed within NeutraWeed project on the use of artificial intelligence and synthetic data for weed detection in agricultural environments.

From 21 August to 21 September 2026, Metaxia Kokkini from the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) carried out a secondment at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Pisa (UNIPI), as part of the NeutraWeed project.

From June to September 2026, Leonardo Zecchin from Miningful carried out a secondment at the Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), working in collaboration with Dionisio Andujar, Hugo Moreno, and Diego Torricelli, as part of the NeutraWeed project.

NeutraWeed has made its way onto Chinese television! During his secondment at Xin Chen's Laboratory at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou), where he is currently carrying out field experiments on Neutral Weed Communities, our Project Coordinator and Scientific Responsible, Marco Esposito, was interviewed by Shan Lu and Fujin Huan from the Chinese newscast Tongxiang News.

From July to September 2026, Chiara Michelone from Deafal carried out a secondment at Kenyatta University in Kenya, working in collaboration with Ezekiel Mugendi, as part of the NeutraWeed project.

The NeutraWeed project is pleased to invite researchers, students, advisors, farmers, and all stakeholders interested in sustainable farming to attend two seminars on agroecological crop and weed management, taking place on 10 September 2026, from 15:30 to 16:30, at Polo Piagge H1, University of Pisa.

From July to August 2026, Paola Cassiano from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA) carried out a secondment at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), hosted by Eva Hernández Plaza at the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC), as part of the NeutraWeed project.

How can ecological principles and digital technologies transform weed management? And can they work together to do so? These were the key questions explored during the NeutraWeed seminar and round table Weed-Crop Coexistence: Innovation in Sustainable Weed Management, held on 7 July 2026 at INIA-CSIC in Madrid.

From early to late June 2026, Matilde Puricelli, researcher at the Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), carried out a secondment at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa, within the NeutraWeed Project.

In June 2026, as part of the NeutraWeed Project, agricultural engineer Eugenia Niccia, from the Pest Management Network (REM) of Aapresid, Argentina, carried out a research stay at the Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA) in Spain.

The NeutraWeed project is pleased to invite researchers, advisors, farmers, students, and all stakeholders interested in sustainable agriculture to attend the webinar "Weed-Crop Coexistence: Innovation in Sustainable Weed Management", taking place on 7 July 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 (CEST, Madrid time).

From late April to late May 2026, Franco Angelini, researcher at the University of Pisa, carried out a secondment at the Robotics and Mechatronics (RAM) group of the University of Twente, within the NeutraWeed Project.

Last week, the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies hosted the mid-term meeting of the NeutraWeed project, bringing together researchers and partners from across the globe.

In January and February 2026, Yaolei Shen, PhD candidate at the University of Twente, completed his second secondment at the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Pisa, in collaboration with the “E. Piaggio” Research Center, as part of the NeutraWeed project.

In November-December 2025, Elisa Lorenzetti, post-doctoral researcher from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, completed her secondment at The Argentine No-Till Farmers Association (Aapresid) within the NeutraWeed project.

In December 2025 and January 2026, Chiara Gabellieri, Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, completed her secondment at the University of Pisa, hosted by the Department of Information Engineering, within the NeutraWeed project. The secondment focused on a two-way exchange of knowledge and training activities in aerial robotics and weed management.

Between October and December 2025, María Muñoz Arbeláez and Anna Rizzolo, PhD candidates at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italy), completed their secondment at the School of Agriculture of the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA) within the framework of the NeutraWeed Project.

The NeutraWeed project was recently featured in an article in the Italian magazine AgroNotizie, highlighting the innovative concept of neutral weed communities and their potential for more sustainable weed management.

The NeutraWeed consortium is pleased to announce that the call for papers for the Special Issue in Q1 Journal Weed Research is now officially open and available online.

In November 2025, Maria Arias Martín, researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CSIC, Spain), completed her secondment at the Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires (FAUBA).