Welcome to CITAB
The scope of CITAB is focused on the agro-food and forestry systems using the production-chain approach as a whole. It is composed of a multidisciplinary team with expertise ranging from fundamental sciences such as biology and chemistry to agronomists, forestry engineers and ecologists.
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Seminário Sustainable Agrifood Production
Iniciativa do Inov4Agro - Laboratório Associado
Inov4Agro Scholarship Researchers’ Day
Second edition to be held in Vairão, Vila do Conde
Fungo da podridão da castanha
TSF quis saber mais sobre a doença que está a afetar os castanheiros
Environmental Sustainability in Vineyards and Winemaking:...
CITAB is supporting the organisation
Stress abiótico ao nível celular
Ana Carvalho é a convidada do sexto episódio do Harvesting Knowledge
LivingSoiLL reúne no Douro
Parceiros conheceram duas quintas experimentais situadas na região do Douro
Project "Pão de centeio de Trás-os-Montes fortificado c...
Innovative project aims to enhance regional sustainability and nutritional value
MONTEVITIS Project gathers in Luxembourg
Highlights included a viticulture workshop and a thematic seminar
Seminário Sustainable Agrifood Production
Iniciativa do Inov4Agro - Laboratório Associado
The cultural history of sweet potato in the light of an E...
Event can be followed remotely
Asas da Mudança: O Fascinante Mundo das Aves Migratórias
Artigo de opinião - Diogo Carvalho
Webinar "Estratégias sustentáveis de controlo de Drosop...
No âmbito do projeto DrosuGreen
Radiação UV para eliminar microorganismos indesejáveis...
Saiba tudo no 90 Segundos de Ciência da Antena 1
I Conferências Académicas do Castanheiro
Evento reúne palestrantes nacionais e internacionais
Seminário Sustainable Agrifood Production
Iniciativa do Inov4Agro - Laboratório Associado
Caracterização de cultivares de amendoeira portuguesas
Ivo Oliveira é o convidado do quarto episódio do Harvesting Knowledge
90 Segundos de Ciência para apresentar o projeto ALICE
Edna Cabecinha explicou como se faz o apoio à gestão das paisagens atlânti...
O papel das corujas-das-torres
90 Segundos de Ciência quis saber mais sobre este predador de topo
Seminário Internacional em Melhoramento de Plantas
Esteban Rios é docente na Universidade da Flórida e especialista em genéti...
Climate Change Implications on the Viticulture Geography
Researchers from CITAB contributed to a chapter in the book "Advances in Bota...
A escassez de água em análise
Seminário “Segurança Hídrica, Agricultura e Degradação Ambiental num C...
Seminário Sustainable Agrifood Production
Iniciativa do Inov4Agro - Laboratório Associado
Raquel Fernandes procura novas terapias para o cancro da ...
Investigadora falou ao 90 Segundos de Ciência
XVII Encontro de Química dos Alimentos
O evento vai decorrer na cidade de Vila Real
Árvores – Para a Sociedade e uma Ecologia do Futuro
Artigo de opinião - João P. Fidalgo Carvalho
Luis Félix entrevistado para o 90 Segundos de Ciência
O stress de animais em aquacultura foi o destaque do programa
Curso de Apicultura 2024
Coordenação a cargo do investigador Paulo Russo
CITAB Researchers Among the Most Cited in the World in 2022
This prestigious acknowledgment comes from the latest edition of the "World's...
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Project "Pão de centeio de Trás-os-Montes fortificado c...
Innovative project aims to enhance regional sustainability and nutritional value
MONTEVITIS Project gathers in Luxembourg
Highlights included a viticulture workshop and a thematic seminar
Climate Change Implications on the Viticulture Geography
Researchers from CITAB contributed to a chapter in the book "Advances in Bota...
Thematic Strand 1
Sustainability of Agri-food and Forestry Ecosystems in a changing environment
Mário Santos
Aims to deliver integrated analytical and modelling frameworks to detect agricultural, forestry and ecological changes in rural landscapes. It will integrate natural and social sciences concepts to develop and integrate novel analytical frameworks and tools that contribute to progress in fundamental and applied fields of environmental research (Task 1.1) and ecological sustainability in agri-food and forestry ecosystems (Task 1.2).
Task 1.1 aims to (i) develop and apply new analytical technologies to (ii) understand climatic and environmental forcing on target ecosystems under current conditions; (iii) assess future scenarios of climate and environmental change to develop, test and implement suitable mitigation and adaptation measures, such as riparian restoration (e.g. to assess ecosystem service provisioning of green infrastructures) or bioclimatic cultivar adaptation (e.g. crop zonation).
Task 1.2 researchers are experts in multivariate analysis and modelling of impacts of habitat and land use change on terrestrial and aquatic environments, ecosystem services and characterization of agri-food and forestry systems.
Thematic Strand 2
Technology & innovation in Agri-food and Forestry chains for a more competitive bioeconomy
Raul Santos
Aligned with RIS3 policy, Thematic Strand 2 explores innovative approaches to develop and update processes and technologies to crop and food products, biological materials and agri-food residues. TS2 gives added-value to agri-forestry ecosystems, agri-food and forestry products and co-products, boosting regional and national economic growth.
Task 2.1 focuses on a major unit objective - optimization and development of innovative technology for more competitive agri-food and forestry production chains. TS2 optimizes solutions for current and future stakeholders, boosting competitiveness and income by improving food and forestry crop productivity, reducing management costs and increasing profit.
Task 2.2 studies the potential of agri-food and forestry residues, native flora and aromatic and medicinal plants to develop new high bio-based value products.
Highlighted Project
Clim4Vitis - Climate change impact mitigation for European viticulture: knowledge transfer for an integrated approach [GA 810176]
Start Date: 2018/09
Duration: 42 months
Although among the top 10 Portuguese universities with higher number of top quality scientific papers published, and despite the growing attractiveness that it has been gaining in terms of research and teaching, UTAD is still far from the European high performing R&D institutions. Thus, the Clim4Vitis project aims at enhancing UTAD’s S&T capacity, as well as raising its staff’s research profile, specially focusing one of the fields of research in which the University has become a national reference: viticulture. Within this broad area, particular attention should be given to two main lines of research: 1) grapevine modelling and 2) tools for assessing climate change impacts on European viticulture, in general, and on grapevine productivity, quality attributes and risk of diseases and pests in particular. In order to boost competences in these topics, the project gathers 5 international partners (1 university from a Widening country, 3 internationally-leading research institutions, and an international consultancy & training company).