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Market opportunities and new sheep meat products produced by sustainable farmin...
Teixeira, Alfredo; Rodrigues, Sandra; Cabo, Paula; Castro, José; Castro, MarinaWithin the scope of the Open2preserve project in northern Portugal, an integrated assessment has been developed to evaluate the efficiency of pyric herbivory to maintain open landscapes and the farm products' quality of livestock products using it. As a measurement of farm system evaluation, some meat products quality was analysed, particularly meat lamb and some meat processed products as hamburgers, sausages,...
Higher education, active learning, co-creation, innovation, and contribution to...
Barbedo, Inês; Almeida-de-Souza, Juliana; Cabo, Paula; Rodrigues, Pedro M.; Costa, Cláudia S.; Pereira, Fernando A.This chapter explores how higher education institutions (HEIs) that use active learning methodologies and promote co-creative and innovative environments can contribute significantly to regional development. The authors carried out a bibliometric analysis, considering the works published in journals indexed in the Scopus database for this purpose. The study aims to measure the scientific production of active te...
Digital futures challenge-based learning in Higher Education in Europe: The DIF...
Organ, John; Machado, Ana Margarida; O'Brien, Sharon M.; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Pereira, Ana I.; Van Oostrom, Madelon; Rodrigues, Pedro M.; Botelho, SergioWithin DIFUCH, we are developing innovative challenge-based pedagogies, tools and platforms for the virtual delivery of a joint programme within a groundbreaking-breaking and flexible academic structure in Europe. This Erasmus+ project is focused on delivering new multi-disciplinary, transnational, cross-sectional future skills-orientated modules and learning pathways that address societal challenges. In this p...
Skill development in health sciences: active methodologies in higher education
Borges, Ana Margarida; Pereira, Fernando A.; Barbedo, Inês; Almeida, João P.; Cabo, Paula; Rodrigues, Pedro M.; Ferro-Lebres, Vera; Costa, Cláudia S.One of the biggest challenges today is to promote various teach- ing methodologies that accompany scientific, technological, so- cial, cultural, economic, and environmental development, with a view to contributing to the training of professionals who know how to transfer theoretical knowledge to practice, in order to develop a more stable society. The main objective of this study is to understand whether active...
Challenges to the Sustainable Development of the Sheep Sector in Mediterranean ...
Cabo, Paula; Castro, MarinaThe paper discusses a case study of the Trás-os-Montes region to assess the resilience and sustainability of the local sheep sector. The area is a low-density mountainous region where small ruminant production is a relevant sector of the economy and is mainly based on natural resources. The study employed a mixed methodological approach to identify the socio-economic profile of different actors and the main obs...
Perfil, Motivações e Expectativas relativamente à Profissão de Pastor
Novo, Sabela; Cabo, Paula; Castro, MarinaNeste estudo qualitativo, realizado na região de Trás-os-Montes, Portugal, procurou-se compreender a visão dos pastores sobre a importância da pastorícia, a identidade e a percepção relativa à profissão de pastor. Os resultados mostram que, para a maioria dos entrevistados, o gosto por trabalhar com animais é a principal motivação para a profissão e que a maioria possui uma imagem positiva da profissão. No enta...
Ovinicultura em Territórios de Montanha de Elevado Valor Ambiental: Estratégias...
Cabo, Paula; Sa Rego, Julio; Castro, MarinaNesta comunicação é apresentado um estudo sobre a viabilidade econômica de estratégias singulares de valorização da pastorícia extensiva na região nordeste de Portugal, com o objetivo de garantir o uso sustentável das raças locais de ovinos na gestão da paisagem. O estudo adotou uma metodologia de pesquisa mista e analisou a criação de novos produtos alimentares/lã e o desenvolvimento do turismo em torno das ra...
Sustentabilidade do setor ovino em áreas de montanha de elevado valor ambiental...
Cabo, Paula; Sa Rego, Julio; Castro, MarinaEste resumo apresenta um estudo de caso sobre a sustentabilidade do setor ovino na região de Trás-os-Montes em Portugal. A análise SWOT foi utilizada para identificar os principais obstáculos e oportunidades da atividade, através de uma pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa com entrevistas pessoais a diferentes atores da fileira produtiva e observação de campo. A qualidade intrínseca dos produtos com origem nas d...
Pastoralism, multifunctionality, and environmental agency: insights from mounta...
Sa Rego, Julio; Cabo, Paula; Castro, MarinaThe idea of multifunctionality permeates European agricul-ture. Pastoralism is not spared and is valued as a vector ofenvironmental management of the mountainous areas. Mul-tifunctionality is nonetheless connected to entrepreneurialagriculture. Although entrepreneurship is disseminated inthe European agricultural sector, little is known about theentrepreneurial evolution within traditional mountain pasto-ralist...
Valorisation strategies and sustainable business opportunities for the sheep pr...
Cabo, Paula; Sa Rego, Julio; Castro, MarinaThe paper discusses the importance of sheep farming in low-density Mediterranean rural areas, specifically in the northeast of Portugal, where the traditional extensive sheep production system is prevalent. The authors provide examples of valorisation strategies around sheep pyric herbivory practice, which may increase the benefits of sheep farming systems in Portugal. The study employed qualitative research me...