Pathways to Impact in Sustainable Agrochemistry - a 360 Innovation Approach from Lab to Market

This record contains the presentations, full proceedings, and summary from the workshop “Pathways to Impact in Sustainable Agrochemistry”, held at the 3Bs Materials Conference (Lisbon, 10 April 2026) and organised by the AGRO4AGRI Horizon Europe project.

The workshop brought together researchers, industry actors, and ecosystem stakeholders to examine what it takes for biobased agrochemical innovations to move from laboratory development into real agricultural use. Discussions focused on adoption barriers, stakeholder expectations, scale-up challenges, and the role of regulation and evidence in enabling uptake.

A central conclusion emerging across presentations and panel discussions is that the primary barriers to innovation are not technical, but relate to incentives, risk distribution, communication, and alignment between stakeholders.

The materials in this record provide both a technical overview of the solutions under development (including nanocellulose and biochar-based delivery systems) and a cross-cutting analysis of the conditions required for successful real-world implementation.