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The School of Agriculture (ESA) in Bragança was created in 1983 and began teaching in the 1986/87 academic year. It currently offers CTeSP courses and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the agricultural sciences. The main areas of intervention in the field of research and demonstration are strongly associated with the areas of training, focused on resolving issues in the institution’s surroundings and largely directed towards mountain agriculture and Mediterranean fruit cultivation: Microbial and plant biotechnology, Economics and Rural Development, Phytotechnics and Rural Engineering, Environmental Impact, Crop Protection, Food and Environmental Quality, Chemistry and Phytochemistry of Natural Products, Forestry and Agroforestry Resources, Natural Resources and Biodiversity and Zootechnics. With several research prizes won, projects under development and also the work of CIMO – the Mountain Research Centre, the School of Agriculture of Bragança is now internationally recognized for its results and the quality of its researchers. _Director Pedro Miguel Lopes Bastos _Subdirectors Margarida Maria Pereira Arrobas Rodrigues Manuel Joaquim Sabenca Feliciano