Livia Madurerira, director of CETRAD, was interviewed by the ECO newspaper in a special feature on Portuguese forests, highlighting the ECOFOR project of which CETRAD was a part. Livia Madureira warns of the need to invest in forest prevention and management in a sustainable and efficient way and emphasises the importance of solutions to guarantee the future of Portuguese forests.
On November 7th, the Permanent Seminar on Research and Development (SPID) delved into the theme “Douro, tourism, and wine – a look at the crisis”, offering an immersive experience that bridged practice, theory, and history in the heart of the Douro region. Featuring Paula Reis, from Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal, and Alfredo Silva,…
The results of the Erasmus+ 2024 call for proposals of European Universities were released this Friday, June 29. 14 European Universities received a positive decision to develop deep institutional transnational cooperation in various thematic areas such as sustainability, inclusion, creativity and many more. The Alliance of European Universities, led by HochSchule Offenburg (Germany), and the…
José Rosário, a PhD student at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and a researcher at Cetrad – Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies, is developing a model to facilitate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in sub-Saharan Africa.https://www.90segundosdeciencia.pt/…/ep-1818-jose-rosario/
CETRAD team is actively engaged in the workshop “Research Infrastructures Towards Agroecological Transition” Workshop Focus: As part of the AgroServ project and the goals of Work Package 5, the workshop will delve into three critical topics into 3 Working Sessions: See the full agenda at this link (accessible to internal users only)
José Victorino C. Rosário, a PhD Student from CETRAD participated in the First National Meeting with Angolans Residing in the Diaspora held in Luanda from April 1st to 3rd, 2024. During his intervention, the PhD student in Agribusiness and Sustainability emphasized the importance of designing an agricultural knowledge and innovation system in Angola to enhance…
The CETRAD team is leading the setup and implementation of the five territorially-based living labs being established by the LivingSoiLL — Healthy Soil to Permanent Crops Living Labs project. LivingSoiLL brings together 50 partners from Portugal, France, Spain, Italy, and Poland. The project will be developed across 54 months, based on a transdisciplinary approach, involving…
