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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Seven CITAB researchers among World’s Top 2% Most Influ...

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CITAB International Seminar on Innovation for Resilient E...

Researchers from China and Morocco will take part in the event

Incêndios em Portugal marcam a agenda mediática

Paulo Fernandes foi convidado da CNN Portugal

Ecology Day celebra-se este sábado

CITAB coorganiza passeio ornitológico e paisagístico na UTAD

Science Summit around the 79th United Nations General Ass...

Researcher Edna Cabecinha will take part in the Summit

CITAB Stakeholders Day

The aim of this event is to reconnect stakeholders with CITAB researchers

CITAB aposta em radiação UV-C nas vinhas do Douro para ...

UVineSafe é um projeto coordenado por Lia-Tânia Dinis

Incêndio na Madeira - RTP

Paulo Fernandes foi convidado do programa 360º

Engaço da uva em projeto de embalagens para carne fresca

Irene Gouvinhas vai coordenar o projeto exploratório STEMPACK

RTP e Antena 1 falaram com o especialista

Paulo Fernandes deixa alertas acerca dos incêndios na Madeira

Paulo Fernandes foi um dos peritos regionais do Relatório

Jornal Público aprofundou resultados do “Estado dos Incêndios”, um rela...

Paulo Fernandes em entrevista exclusiva

Investigador falou ao Jornal Público

Proteger os nossos rios, mais um passo para o desenvolvim...

Artigo de opinião - Vítor Pereira

STEMPACK project approved

Aims to develop an innovative active packaging solution based on grape stems

Valorização de biorresíduos dão origem a livro

Investigador Carlos Afonso deu entrevista à Universidade FM

Rubrica do Expresso sobre tecnologia e inovações

Henrique Trindade convidado a comentar projeto ReLEAF

Potencial terapêutico do mel do Parque Natural de Montes...

Irene Gouvinhas é a convidada do sétimo episódio do Harvesting Knowledge

Reportagem da RTP sobre fungo que ataca a castanha

Carrazedo de Montenegro conta com a investigação do CITAB

As Aves como Indicadores de Integridade dos Ecossistemas

Passeio Ornitológico e Paisagístico decorrerá na UTAD

2024 Early Career Award in Fire Science

José Manuel Guisuraga received this honour

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

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

Asas da Mudança: O Fascinante Mundo das Aves Migratórias

Artigo de opinião - Diogo Carvalho

Radiação UV para eliminar microorganismos indesejáveis...

Saiba tudo no 90 Segundos de Ciência da Antena 1

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

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...

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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Seven CITAB researchers among World’s Top 2% Most Influ...

The Stanford ranking is published annually

CITAB International Seminar on Innovation for Resilient E...

Researchers from China and Morocco will take part in the event

Science Summit around the 79th United Nations General Ass...

Researcher Edna Cabecinha will take part in the Summit

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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

Integrated monitoring of climate and environmental impacts

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

Sustainability in agri-food and forestry ecosystems

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

Innovative technologies and processes

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

Valorisation of bio-based products and and co-products

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

Eurodairy - A Europe-wide Thematic Network on improving resource use efficiency in dairy farming (GA GA 696364)

Start Date: 2016/02
Duration: 36 months

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EuroDairy is a new international network to increase the economic, social and environmental sustainability of dairy farming in Europe, at a time of unprecedented challenge for the sector.

Funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme, EuroDairy will foster the development and dissemination of practice-based innovation in dairy farming, targeting key sustainability issues following the abolition of milk quotas: socio economic resilience, resource efficiency, animal care, and the integration of milk production with biodiversity objectives.

EuroDairy spans 14 countries, from Ireland to Poland, and from Sweden to Italy, encompassing 40% of dairy farmers, 45% of cows and 60% of European milk output. The project adopts the interactive model of the European Innovation Partnership, putting farmers at the centre of practice-based innovation, adapting and developing new and existing scientific knowledge to produce implementable solutions, which can then be shared across the network.