FUSILLI Project Open Day – João Valente, Monte Silveira Bio

Follow the link and see a short video about the participation of Monte Silveira Bio, CULTIVAR’s partner, on the Open Day of the FUSILLI Project – Castelo Branco. Monte Silveira Bio’s main objective is regenerative agriculture and came to talk to us a little about the importance of soil in combating the desertification process on […]
Open Day of the FUSILLI Project – Marie Bartz

Follow the link and watch a short video about the participation of Marie Bartz, a researcher at CULTIVAR, in the Open Day of the FUSILLI Project – Castelo Branco. Marie represented the Centre for Regenerative and Biological Agriculture of Idanha-Nova and the Soil Ecology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory (Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People […]
Meeting to prepare the presentation of the CULTIVAR team for the Cherry Festival 2022

The meeting to prepare the presentation of the CULTIVAR team for the Cherry Festival in Alcongosta (Fundão) – Cherry Festival 2022 took place on the 7th of June. The CULTIVAR project was presented on the 11th of June, between 4pm and 6pm, within the scope of the activity promoted by Quinta de Ciência Viva “Fundão: […]
Open Day of the FUSILLI Project – Tércia Lopes

Follow the link and watch a short video about the participation of Tércia Lopes, technician of CULTIVAR, in the Open Day of the FUSILLI Project – Castelo Branco. Tércia represented the Laboratory of Plant Biodiversity (Centre for Functional Ecology – Science for People & the Planet) at the University of Coimbra and told us a […]
1st meeting of the XylOut project – Epidemiology, Ecogenomics and Modeling of Regulated Prunus Diseases – the Beira Baixa case study

The 1st meeting of the XylOut project – Epidemiology, Ecogenomics and Modeling of Regulated Prunus Diseases – the Beira Baixa case study took place on March 29 at Cataa – Associação Centro de Apoio Tecnológico Agro-Alimentar. The XylOut project emerged from synergies created within the scope of the CULTIVAR Network, being coordinated by researchers Joana […]
III National Colloquium of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants – CULTIVAR Participation

The III National Colloquium of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants took place at the Escola Superior Agrária de Castelo Branco, from March 24th to 25th, followed by a Producers’ Meeting, on the 26th, with visits to companies in the sector in region. The National Colloquium of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants is organized by the Portuguese Horticulture […]
#CULTIVARServiços #CuidarEcossistemas – Fundão “ecosystem services” workshop

On the 8th of March, CULTIVAR and F4F – PP6 MyFORESt teams organized a workshop in the Municipio do Fundão, to identify and map the services of forest and agricultural ecosystems in this region. It was an afternoon of dialogue, exchange of opinions and a lot of learning. We thank the institutions that were present: […]
2nd annual meeting of CULTIVAR

The members of the Integrated Program in IC&DT Cultivar (https://icultivar.pt/) gathered to discuss the results obtained in the first 2 years, in the main auditorium of Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, and also online. In the opening session the President of IPCB, Dr. António Fernandes, the head of IPCB for the […]
Pollination services and its contribution for the sustainability of agricultural systems in debate in the CULTIVAR Webinar series

On World Bee Day, May 20th, at 5:30 pm, a Cultivar webinar will be held to discuss the fundamental role of pollinators in food production and the factors associated with the decline of pollinators, which constitutes a threat to sustainable agricultural production on a global scale. We will count with the participation of Luísa Carvalheiro, […]