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/
Research Grant — R&D activities to be carried out by students enrolled in an integrated master’s, master’s, doctoral or non-academic degree course, Art. 6, Regulation No. 950/2019 of the FCT – BI/UTAD/47/2023 (1 position). Application deadline 12th October 2023 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/149689
CETRAD organised an Open Class entitled The Various Dynamics in Rural Well-being Research on the 27th of January at UTAD. The session clarified what the multifaceted concept of well-being means and explained why it is an important policy focus today. The speakers from CETRAD’s Data for Low-density (D4LD) project discussed the state of the art…
The VIVEMAIS project has started!Its aim is to co-design innovative solutions for elderly and/or disabled people, based on Assistive Technologies (AT), and to promote the long-term commitment and participation of the main players in the territories. To achieve better results, we involve users of social and health support services, their families and carers, healthcare professionals,…
Cumieira is a small village in the vicinity of the town of Vila Real. While the whole region counts as low-density territory according to the prevalent categorisation of Portuguese territories, Cumieira has the advantage of both realities. It is located close to a relatively big urban centre with developed infrastructure and it also managed to…
CETRAD was represented by four researchers (Tânia Gonçalves, Sofia Gouveia, João Rebelo, and Alexandre Guedes) at the 3rd Conference of the European Association of Wine Economists, which took place in Lecce (Italy) between 11 and 14 June. The results of four ongoing studies related to the fields of wine economy and wine tourism were presented,…
Lívia Madureira attended the 14 th European Farming Systems Conference (IFSA – European Group), held at the University of Évora, Portugal from 10 – 14 April 2022. held at the University of Évora, Portugal, and hosted by the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) The main focus of the conference was Farming Systems Facing Climate Change and Resource…
