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“TERRA Grande” is a series of debates promoted by the TERRA Associate Laboratory, which promises to stand out in the public debate on key issues related to sustainability in land use
“Water for Agriculture” is the theme of “TERRA Grande”‘s first cycle of debates. It includes four sessions on topics such as water scarcity for agriculture, solidarity transfers and supplies, farmers’ rights in the use of water and alternative sources of water.
Debate “Water scarcity for agriculture – reality or myth?”
(in Portuguese) | september 2024
Nuno Banza, President of ICNF – Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas
José Carlos Pimenta Machado, President of Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA)
Gonçalo Santos Andrade, President of Associação Portugal Fresh
Moderador: Gonçalo Caleia Rodrigues, Professor of Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) and TERRA member
Debate “Transfers and solidarity supplies” (in Portuguese) | october 2024
Jorge Froes, Agricultural engineer
José Pedro Salema, President of EDIA – Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva, S.A.
Rui Cortes, Professor of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University (UTAD)
Moderador: Gonçalo Caleia Rodrigues, Professor of Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) and TERRA member
Debate “Farmers’ rights in water use”
(in Portuguese) | november 2024
José Núncio, President of FENAREG – Federação Nacional de Regantes de Portugal
Macário Correia, President of Associação de Beneficiários do Plano de Rega do Sotavento do Algarve (ABPRSA)
Rogério Ferreira, General Director of Direção-Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural (DGADR)
Moderador: Gonçalo Caleia Rodrigues, Professor of Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) and TERRA member
Debate “Alternative Water Sources: Desalination” | february 2024
Luís Mesquita Dias, Presidente of AHSA – Associação dos Horticultores, Fruticultores e Floricultores dos Concelhos de Odemira e Aljezur
Joel Vasconcelos, General Director of Lusomorango – Organização de Produtores de Pequenos Frutos, S.A.
Pedro Valadas Monteiro, Vice-President of Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional (CCDR) do Algarve
Moderador: Gonçalo Caleia Rodrigues, Professor of Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) and TERRA member
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