MED - Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

ICAAM (standing for Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) is a University of Évora R&D Unit, that represents the largest portuguese research center dedicated to agricultural and environmental sciences.
ICAAM is located on “Campus da Mitra”, an experimental farm covering more than 285ha in Alentejo (southern Portugal), 12 km from the World Heritage city of Évora.
 
ICAAM’s main goal is to promote excellence in research on Mediterranean agro-ecosystems, following a multidisciplinary approach (integrating researchers from several scientific areas: Agricultural Engineering, Animal Science, Biology, Crop Science, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology, Economics, Landscape and Territory, Soil Science and Veterinary Medicine) and a strong cooperation with national and international research groups and local producers and professional organizations.
As a result, ICAAM aims to contribute to the knowledge, innovation, development, sustainability and competitiveness of agro-silvo-pastoral and crop-specific Mediterranean systems.
ICAAM´s high-level research team and adequately equiped laboratory and infrastructures are the basis for the promotion and development of:

• Applied research and technological innovation projects
• Technical, graduate and post-graduate training courses
• Science and technology outreach activities
• Contract research and technological development

 
ICAAM is structured in the following Research Groups:

• Animal biosciences
• Ecosystem functioning and conservation
• Farming technology and energy efficiency
• Food quality and consumption
• Landscape dynamics and social processes
• Plant genetic resources and functional markers
• Plant protection
• Soil, water and climate

ICAAM is actively engaged in outreaching activities, particularly with private companies and agricultural organizations, offering diverse courses, and laboratory and field works. The main goal of the "Office for Communication, Technology Transfer and Innovation" (UDIT), is to disseminate the results of research carried out by ICAAM.

INFRASTRUCTURES/LABORATORIES:

• Enology
• Technology and Quality of Regional Products
• Tecnhology and Post-Harvest
• Nutrition and Metabolism
• Palinology and Aerobiology
• Applied Animal Phisiology
• Parasitology
• Microbiology
• Reproduction and Lactation
• Breeding and Plant Biotechnology
• Molecular Biology
• Virology
• Micology
• Nematology (NemaLab)
• Entomology
• Soil Microbiology
• Soil Physics
• Soil Chemistry
• Hidrology and Hydraulics
• Botany
• Plant Physiology
• Ornitology (LabOr)