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 researcher Lívia Madureira participated in the kick-off meeting on Agroecology DemeterWatch Working Group, held in July 12-13th, organised by the RI (research infrastructure) LifeWatch ERIC ICT-CORE Premises in Seville, Spain. DemeterWatch, cementing Agroecology as one of the infrastructure’s key activities run through many projects including AgroServ (Integrated SERVices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition, funded under the…
CETRAD started the new year with a rural well-being forum on the 6th of January. This latest event in our Rural Well-being Discussion Series was organised in Raiva, a small mountain village in Oliveira do Arda, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal. Our CETRAD team met with an enthusiastic group of residents in the local theatre building,…
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…
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 XXVI Seminário Luso-Espanhol de Economia Empresarial, organised by CETRAD/UTAD, took place between 6 and 8 November, bringing together senior and junior researchers in an event dedicated to the challenges of entrepreneurial economics in an Iberian context. Attended by more than 90 participants from Portugal, Spain and Brazil, the event featured the presentation and discussion…
On the 24th of October, CETRAD also joined the celebration of the International Regional Information Day aiming to raise awareness of the importance of regional information for local development. CETRAD’s team organised an event entitled “Green Transition and Regional Well-being in the Interior of Portugal: the Perspectives of the Local Stakeholders” at UTAD. The roundtable…
