Ana Trigo is a doctoral student of the Agribusiness and Sustainability programme offered by the consortium of UTAD and UE, Portugal.

Her main field of research is sustainable agriculture and sustainability assessment, with an emphasis on sustainable wine growing. Her PhD project focuses on the development of a holistic sustainability assessment tool that covers all fundamental components of sustainability and is specifically designed for the wine industry.

She is also the author of various scientific publications related to sustainable agriculture, like scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters and conference proceedings.

Main Publications

Trigo, A., Marta-Costa, A., & Fragoso, R. (2022). Sustainability Assessment: A Tool to Build Resilience in the Face of Future Crisis. In D. Vrontis, A. Thrassou, Y. Weber, S. M. R. Shams, E. Tsoukatos, & L. Efthymiou (Eds.), Business Under Crisis, Vol III: Avenues for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, (pp. 47-86), Chapter 3. Palgrave Macmillan Editions. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76583-5. ISBN 978-3-030-76582-8, ISBN 978-3-030-76583-5 (eBook), ISSN 2523-8167, ISSN 2523-8175

Trigo, A., Marta-Costa, A., & Fragoso, R. (2021). Principles of Sustainable Agriculture: Defining Standardized Reference Points. Sustainability, 13(8), 4086. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084086

Trigo, A., & Silva, P. (2022). Sustainable Development Directions for Wine Tourism in Douro Wine Region, Portugal. Sustainability, 14(7), 3949. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073949

Trigo, A., Fragoso, R., & Marta-Costa, A. (2022). Sustainability Awareness in the Portuguese Wine Industry: a Grounded Theory Approach. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2022.2150377

Trigo, A., Marta-costa, A., & Fragoso, R. (2023). Improving sustainability assessment: A context-oriented classification analysis for the wine industry. Land Use Policy, 126(2023), 106551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106551

 

Main Projects:

PhD research project: “Sustainability in the wine industry: The development of a proper and holistic assessment tool for the wine business” [PhD Research Studentship [UI/BD/151305/2021]. Funded by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Institutional Affiliation: CETRAD/UTAD. Advisors: Ana Marta-Costa (UTAD/CETRAD) and Rui Fragoso (UÉ/CEFAGE)

Research Project: Sustainability in the wine business: The development of a proper and holistic assessment tool for wine growing in the Douro Region [FMR Best Research Project Award 2019]. Funded by: FUNDAÇÃO MARIA ROSA. Research Team: Ana Trigo, Ana Marta-Costa & Rui Fragoso

Project I&D PLATAFORMA DE INOVAÇÃO DA VINHA E DO VINHO – INNOVINE&WINE [Research Fellowship BIM/UTAD/37/2019]. Funded by the European and Structural Investment Funds (FEDER), by Norte 2020 (Programa Operacional Regional do Norte 2014/2020), and by FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the project UIDB/04011/2020. Institutional Affiliation: CETRAD/UTAD. Scientific Coordinator: Ana Marta-Costa (UTAD/CETRAD).