CULTIVAR at Fundão Agricultural Innovation Fair
On October 15th and 16th, Cultivar project was presented at the Fundão Agricultural Innovation Fair. In a joint stand with CATAA – Association Center for Agro-Food Technological Support, Pedro Nunes Institute and Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet, in addition to communicating the projects that are underway in the IC&DT […]
CULTIVATOR on CNN Portugal – The Life of Food
The research FLOWer Lab is developing on almond culture under the Cultivar project and in collaboration with Operation Pollinator was featured in the 5th episode of the CNN Portugal miniseries “The life of food”! Thank you Felisbela Campos for the invitation! Watch the episode here (from 6:30): https://tviplayer.iol.pt/…/video/6354143e0cf2ea367d548ffa
CULTIVAR featured in the local press – Jornal do Fundão
Works carried out on the Cultivar and FUSILLI – Castelo Branco projects were recently rewarded for best poster awards, Jornal do Fundão interviewed Mário Cristóvão on behalf of the team to show the new dynamics and involvement of young researchers with projects that aim to help value the Agri-Food sector of the Beira Interior region.
CULTIVAR in the 2nd edition of Jornadas Upgrade UC Team
The Researcher of the Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet and CEO of Cultivar Joana Costa, presented the project in the 2nd edition of the UC Team Upgrade Days that took place between October 10th-14th at Pole II of the University of Coimbra, in a session moderated by Dr. Helena […]
CULTIVAR at the 4th ESP Europe Conference
The CULTIVAR project was very well represented at the “4th ESP Europe Conference: Ecosystem services empowering people and societies in times of crises” Ecosystem Services Partnership that took place from October 14th to 16th in Heraklion on the island of Crete (Greece), with the presentation of various oral communications and posters by Paula Castro, Anabela […]
CULTIVAR researcher wins award for Best Poster Communication at the IV National Symposium on Chestnut
The CULTIVAR project was present at the IV National Symposium of Chestnut and was represented by the researcher Mário Cristóvão who presented the work “Application of modified atmospheres in the post harvest conservation of the chestnut (cv. Martainha)”, winner of the Award for Best Poster Communication. The Integrated IC&DT CULTIVAR Program aims to respond to […]
Master’s Dissertation – Maria Bento
Congratulations to Maria Bento who defended on September 16th her Master’s Thesis in Ecology of the Department of Life Sciences – UC under the CULTIVAR program. Entitled “Novel bacterial rate isolated from kiwi fruit leaves- phenotypic and genomic attributes”, the Dissertation was developed at the Microbiology Laboratory of the Centre for Functional Ecology – Science […]
Doctoral Program Thesis Project – Elsa Baltazar
Congratulations to Elsa Baltazar who defended on September 23rd her Thesis Project under the Doctoral Program in Biosciences specialization in Biotechnology of the University of Coimbra. Entitled “Conservation, scion-rootstock interaction and phytosanitary studies in Cova da Beira region prunoids”, the Dissertation will be developed under the CULTIVAR project under the guidance of Joana Costa, Sandra […]
Doctoral Program Thesis Project – Ricardo Veiga Leitão
Congratulations to Ricardo Veiga Leitão who defended on September 16th his Thesis Project under the Doctoral Program in Biosciences specialization in Ecology of the Department of Life Sciences – UC. Entitled “Understanding meta-functionality in olive groves under different management practices to improve agricultural sustainability and resilience to climate change”, the Dissertation will be developed under […]
CULTIVAR at the 12th International Meeting of Phytosociology
In the past September 6th to 8th, several CULTIVAR members participated in the XII International Meeting of Phytosociology at the Agrarian Higher School of Castelo Branco – ESACB – Institucional. The CULTIVAR communications were the title: – ENVIRONMENTAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN THREE SYMPATRIC LAVANDULA SECTION STOECHAS Joana Domingues, Sílvia Ribeiro, Maria Teresa Coelho, Celina […]
