CERNAS

Research Center
for Natural Resources,
Envioronment and Society

Pedro Manuel Reis Mendes Moreira

Pedro Manuel Reis Mendes Moreira
Adjunct Professor at IPC-ESAC and Researcher at the CERNAS R&D Unit. PhD in Quantitative Genetics from ITQB/UNL. Graduated in Agronomic Engineering (Senior Engineer OE040042/010411) and holds a Master's in Sustainable Agriculture and Horticulture, both from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Lisbon, Portugal; ORCID/0000-0001-7809-1115 and Ciência ID 0F10-92DB-0049. Researches strategies for conservation, valorisation of Genetic Resources, and Plant Breeding in Organic Agriculture; coordinates the Participatory Breeding Project-VASO-1984 on traditional maize bread varieties in the Sousa Valley. He is the Coordinator of the Master's in Organic Agriculture at IPC-ESAC. He has been responsible for IPC in numerous European projects (e.g., SOLIBAM FP7, DIVERSIFOOD, LIVESEED and LIVESEEDING H2020) and national projects (FCT and PDR2020). He is currently the Chair of the EUCARPIA Section for Plant Breeding in Organic Agriculture and Low Inputs Systems and a Member of Eco-PB.