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Since 2012, he has been a member of CEFAGE. He is the author of several articles with scientific refereeing in national and international journals and at conferences. He also participated in several research projects.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
António Manuel de Sousa Xavier

Citation names

  • Xavier, António

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FD1C-2A06-E093
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8158-3732

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/09/01 - 2014/03/13
Concluded
 PhD in Agricultural Sciences - Territory and Environment Branch (Doutoramento)
Major in Territory and Environment Branch
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"https://sapientia.ualg.pt/handle/10400.1/7544" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved as Very Good with Distinction and Honors
2007/09/01 - 2009/09/10
Concluded
 Master in Sustainable Management of Rural Spaces (Mestrado)
Major in Management of Rural Spaces
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"A desagregação espacial de dados agrícolas: aplicação de uma abordagem baseada na máxima entropia ao concelho de Castelo de Vide" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2004/09/01 - 2005/06/02
Concluded
 Degree in Geography (specialization area in spatial planning and development) (Licenciatura)
Major in Spatial planning and development
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 15
2003/09/01 - 2004/05/17
Concluded
 Degree in Geography (specialization area in teaching) - Educational training branch (Licenciatura)
Major in Educational training branch
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 15
1999/09/01 - 2003/06/26
Concluded
 Degree in Geography (specialization in teaching) (Licenciatura)
Major in Teaching
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e Economia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2005/09/01 - Current Teacher Republica Portuguesa Ministério da Educação, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/08/01 - Current Estudo de impacte ambiental-Quinta do Carmo
Não tem
Services provision
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics
UID/ECO/04007/2019
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e Economia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Center for Mediterranean Bioresources and food
UID/BIA/04325/2019
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/02 - 2023/06/01 Valorização e aproveitamento da floresta Mediterrânica: o caso do concelho de Loulé ALG-05-3928-FEDER-000044
ALG-05-3928-FEDER-000044
Services provision (land register study)
Fundação Manuel Viegas Guerreiro, Portugal
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2021/07/31 Erasmus+ 2020-1-PL01-KA202-081910 Addressing Climate Change through Design Thinking for a Green, no Waste Economy [ Design4Climate]
Erasmus+ 2020-1-PL01-KA202-081910
Technical development
Concluded
2010/01/01 - 2012/06/30 PROTECT - An Integrated European Model to Protect MEDiterranean Forests from Fire
1G-MED08-387/PROTECT
Services provision (research in management models)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
 Interreg Europe
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Xavier, António. Corresponding author: Xavier, António. Análise do cadastro predial rústico do concelho de Loulé. Querença: Fundação Manuel Viegas Guerreiro. 2023.
Book chapter
  1. Xavier, António; Teresa Noronha. "Regional innovation dynamics: Behavioural patterns and trends". In Innovation for Sustainability and Networking, 47-67. Portugal: Universidade do Algarve, 2013.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. Corresponding author: Xavier, António. "A multicriteria approach for building sustainability composite indicators". Paper presented in 96th Meeting of the EWG-MCDA, Paris, 2023.
    Published
  2. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "The analysis of the sustainable water use in Portugal: an approach using HJ-Biplot and compromise programming". Paper presented in 93rd Meeting of EURO Working Group on Multicriteria Decision Aiding “Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding and Sustainable Development Goals”,, Belgrade, 2022.
  3. Xavier, António; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; José Tomas; Carlos Ludovico. "An Approach to Disaggregate the Citrus Crop at a Local Level Using Entropy and Supervised Classifications". Paper presented in 4th Workshop on Maximum Entropy and its Applications, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  4. Carla Rolo Antunes; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Xavier, António. "Value of Goods and Services Produced by Water Surfaces Located in Forest Areas. Case Study: Municipality Of Alcoutim". Paper presented in International Conference Southern and Mediterranean Europe: Social Change, Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Crisis, Évora, 2014.
Conference paper
  1. Xavier, António; do Socorro Rosário, Maria; LEONOR DA SILVA CARVALHO, MARIA. "Atividades lucrativas não agrícolas das explorações: Evolução e dinâmicas recentes em Portugal". 2023.
    10.29327/sober2023.626738
  2. Xavier, António; do Socorro Rosário, Maria; LEONOR DA SILVA CARVALHO, MARIA. "As dinâmicas da agricultura Portuguesa nas duas últimas décadas: uma abordagem baseada no método JK-Meta-Biplot". 2023.
    10.29327/sober2023.626748
  3. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "A compromise programming approach for analysing the recent dynamics of agricultural sustainability in Portugal". Paper presented in “Territórios, Agriculturas e Agroalimentar: desafios globais e riscos no século XXI” X Congresso da APDEA e IV Encontro Lusófono em Economia, Sociologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural (ESADR 2022), Coimbra, 2022.
  4. Xavier, António; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "Uma análise das dinâmicas recentes dos valores de produção padrão das atividades vegetais nos concelhos de Portugal continental". Paper presented in “Territórios, Agriculturas e Agroalimentar: desafios globais e riscos no século XXI” X Congresso da APDEA e IV Encontro Lusófono em Economia, Sociologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural (ESADR 2022), Coimbra, 2022.
  5. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Carla Rolo Antunes. "Uso da água em Portugal: uma abordagem de programação de compromisso para analisar a sustentabilidade do uso deste recurso". Paper presented in IX CER Congresso de Estudos Rurais / X Encontro Rural Report, 2022.
    Published
  6. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "An Eco-Sustainable Model for the Mediterranean Forests – a Multiple Criteria Approach". Paper presented in Workshop Modelos de Decisão na Agricultura e Ambiente, 2021.
  7. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; José Tomás; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "The biophysical suitability of the citrus crop in the Algarve: a multi-criteria decision analysis approach". Paper presented in II Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences. International Congress, 2017.
  8. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "An approach based on remote detection and GIS to analyse forest and agricultural activities’ potentialities in the Algarve region". Paper presented in VIII Congresso da APDEA e II Encontro Lusófono em Economia, Sociologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural: Politicas Públicas para a Agricultura PÓS 2020. ESADR 2016, 2016.
  9. Xavier, António; Florentino Valente; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. "An entropy approach to improve the results from supervised classifications: the case of the algarve". Paper presented in VIII Congresso da APDEA e II Encontro Lusófono em Economia, Sociologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural: Politicas Públicas para a Agricultura PÓS 2020. ESADR 2016, 2016.
  10. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rosário, Maria do Socorro; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "A regional composite indicator for analysing agricultural sustainability: a goal programming approach". Paper presented in VIII Congresso da APDEA e II Encontro Lusófono em Economia, Sociologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural: Politicas Públicas para a Agricultura PÓS 2020. ESADR 2016, 2016.
  11. Xavier, António; Freitas, Maria de Belém Costa; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "Agricultural Data Disaggregation at a Local Level: An Approach Using Entropy and Supervised Classifications". Paper presented in Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences. International Congress, Faro, 2016.
  12. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "An approach based on entropy to dissaggregate agricultural data at local level: The case of the Alentejo region". Paper presented in XI Colóquio Ibérico de Estudos Rurais: Smart and Inclusive Development in Rural Areas. XICIER 2016, 2016.
  13. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "Disaggregating statistical data at field level: an entropy approach". Paper presented in 53ª Congresso da SOBER (Sociedade Brasileira de Administração e Sociologia Rural), 2015.
  14. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "A composite indicator for measuring agricultural sustainability in Portugal: a goal programming approach". Paper presented in 53ª Congresso da SOBER (Sociedade Brasileira de Administração e Sociologia Rural), 2015.
  15. Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Xavier, António. "An eco-sustainable management model for the mediterranean forests: results from several european countries". 2013.
  16. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "Um modelo bioeconómico para a gestão de sistemas agro-florestais". Paper presented in VII Congresso da APDEA, V Congresso do SPER e I Encontro Lusófono em Economia, Sociologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural, 2013.
  17. Xavier, António; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "As dinâmicas recentes das actividades agrícolas em Portugal continental: uma abordagem baseada na metodologia HJ-BIPLOT". 2012.
    Published
  18. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. "The Recent Changes in the Portuguese Farms' Land Uses: an Application of an approach based on HJ-Biplot". Faro, 2012.
    Published
  19. Xavier, António. "Measuring the efficiency of Portuguese hospitals with DEA: an approach using the General Algebraic Modeling system". Paper presented in 5th WSEAS World Congress on Applied Computing Conference, Faro, 2012.
  20. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. "The Forests in the EU Mediterranean Basin: Different Management Models and Problems". Faro, 2012.
    Published
  21. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "A minimum cross entropy model to generate disaggregated agricultural data at the local level". Ancona, 2011.
    Published
  22. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "Recovery of Incomplete Data of Statistical Livestock Number Applying an Entropy Approach". Paper presented in XIIIth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, 2011.
  23. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. "The Zonal Interpolation of Socioeconomic Statistics: an Application of a Dasymetric Mapping Methodology to the Region of Algarve". Paper presented in WSEAS International Conference on Climate Changes, Global Warming, Biological Problems (CGB ’10) and 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Natural Hazards (NAHA ’10), Faro, 2010.
    Published
  24. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. Corresponding author: Xavier, António. "The Agro-Forestry Farms’ Socioeconomic Charaterization for a Forest Fire Prevention and Management Model". Faro, 2010.
    Published
  25. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. "Socioeconomic indicators for a multidimensional farm system typology". Cáceres, 2010.
    Published
  26. Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Xavier, António. "Recovery of incomplete agricultural land uses and livestock numbers by entropy". Berlin, 2010.
    Published
  27. Xavier, A.; De Belem Martins, M.; De Sousa Fragoso, R.M.. "Combined disaggregation of agricultural land uses, livestock numbers and crops' production: An entropy approach". Paper presented in 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Climate Changes, Global Warming, Biological Problems (CGB ’10) and 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Natural Hazards (NAHA ’10), 2010.
Conference poster
  1. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "A aplicação de uma metodologia baseada nas técnicas de mapeamento dasimético à desagregação de dados agrícolas". Paper presented in VI Congresso da APDEA (Associação Portuguesa de Economia Agrária) e IV Congresso de Gestão e Conservação da Natureza, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Xavier, António; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. Corresponding author: Xavier, António. "Uma análise das dinâmicas recentes dos valores de produção padrão das atividades vegetais nos concelhos de Portugal continental". Revista de Ciências Agrárias 46 3 (2023): 191-202. https://doi.org/10.19084/rca.31500.
    Open access • Published
  2. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Fragoso, Rui; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "Analysing the Recent Dynamics of Agricultural Sustainability in Portugal Using a Compromise Programming Approach". Sustainability 14 19 (2022): 12512. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141912512.
    10.3390/su141912512
  3. Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Xavier, António; Fragoso, Rui; Antunes, Carla. "A composite indicator to measure sustainable water use in Portugal: A compromise programming approach". Journal of Environmental Management 311 (2022): 114791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114791.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114791
  4. Xavier, António. "Determinant factors of entrepreneurial intention among university students in Brazil and Portugal". Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 32 1 (2020): 33-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2018.1551459.
    10.1080/08276331.2018.1551459
  5. Xavier, António. "An integrated decision support system for the Mediterranean forests". Land Use Policy 80 (2019): 298-308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.12.015.
    10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.12.015
  6. Xavier, António; Fragoso, Rui; Costa Freitas, M. B.; do Socorro Rosário, Maria. "An Approach Using Entropy and Supervised Classifications to Disaggregate Agricultural Data at a Local Level". Journal of Quantitative Economics 17 4 (2018): 763-779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40953-018-0143-6.
    10.1007/s40953-018-0143-6
  7. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Fragoso, Rui; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. "A regional composite indicator for analysing agricultural sustainability in Portugal: A goal programming approach". Ecological Indicators 89 (2018): 84-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.048.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.048
  8. Xavier, António. "A Minimum Cross-Entropy Approach to Disaggregate Agricultural Data at the Field Level". Land 7 2 (2018): 62-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land7020062.
    10.3390/land7020062
  9. Xavier, António; Freitas, Maria de Belém Costa; Rosário, Maria do Socorro; Fragoso, Rui. "Disaggregating statistical data at the field level: An entropy approach". Spatial Statistics 23 (2018): 91-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2017.11.005.
    10.1016/j.spasta.2017.11.005
  10. de Belém Costa Freitas, M.; Xavier, A.; Fragoso, R.. "Integration of fire risk in a sustainable forest management model". Forests 8 8 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027470681&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/f8080270
  11. Xavier, A.; Freitas, M.B.C.; Fragoso, R.; Rosário, M.S.. "An approach using goal programming for the management of agroforestry systems with multiple stakeholders | Uma abordagem baseada na programação por metas para a gestão de sistemas agroflorestais com múltiplos stakeholders". Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais 2017 46 (2017): 57-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030771752&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  12. Xavier, A.; De Freitas, M.B.C.; Antunes, C.R.. "The water surfaces' ecosystem services and the opinion of different stakeholders: An approach based on goal programming". International Journal of Management and Decision Making 15 2 (2016): 184-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84979587855&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1504/IJMDM.2016.077771
  13. António Manuel de Sousa Xavier; Maria de Belém Costa Freitas; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. "Management of Mediterranean forests — A compromise programming approach considering different stakeholders and different objectives". Forest Policy and Economics 57 (2015): 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.forpol.2015.03.012.
    10.1016/j.forpol.2015.03.012
  14. De Xavier Sousa, A.M.; De Belém Freitas Costa, M.. "Recent dynamics and trends of Portuguese agriculture - A Biplot analysis". New Medit 13 4 (2014): 63-71. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84935874467&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  15. António Xavier; Maria de Belém Costa Freitas; Rui Fragoso. "Disaggregation of Statistical Livestock Data Using the Entropy Approach". Advances in Operations Research 2014 (2014): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155%2F2014%2F397675.
    10.1155/2014/397675
  16. Maria de Belém Martins; António Xavier; Rui Fragoso. "A Bioeconomic Forest Management Model for the Mediterranean Forests: A Multicriteria Approach". Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis 21 1-2 (2013): 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fmcda.1495.
    10.1002/mcda.1495
  17. Xavier, António; Martins, M. B.. "The Mediterranean forests: problems and management models". Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics 1 2 (2013): 57-71. http://www.cieo.pt/journal/J_2/article4.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  18. De Belem Costa Freitas Martins, M.; De Sousa Xavier, A.M.; De Sousa Fragoso, R.M.. "Redistributing agricultural data by a dasymetric mapping methodology". Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 41 3 (2012): 351-366. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874587650&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  19. Maria de Belém Costa Freitas; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Xavier, António. Corresponding author: Maria de Belém Costa Freitas. "Spatial Disaggregation of Agricultural Data: a Maximum Entropy Approach". JP Journal of Biostatistics 5 1 (2011): 1-16. https://www.pphmj.com/abstract/5742.htm.
    Published
Journal issue
  1. Xavier, António; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. "Forest Management: Planning, Decision Making and Implementation". Forests (2024): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/BOJFJ7Q4UX.
    Coeditor
  2. Xavier, António; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. "Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis towards Promoting Socio-Economy, Energy and Environment Management Strategies". Forests (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/criteria_decision.
    Published
Working paper
  1. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso; Rosário, Maria do Socorro. 2016. "Disaggregating statistical data at field level: an entropy approach". https://ideas.repec.org/p/cfe/wpcefa/2016_06.html.
  2. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém; Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso. 2012. "An eco-sustainable forest management model for the Mediterranean forests – a multiple criteria approach". https://ideas.repec.org/p/cfe/wpcefa/2012_22.html.
  3. Xavier, António; Costa Freitas, Maria de Belém. 2011. "Socioeconomic indicators for a multidimensional farm system typology in a forest management model – methodology and some results". https://ideas.repec.org/p/cfe/wpcefa/2011_19.html.
Activities

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/03/01 - 2022/09/16 X Congresso da APDEA & IV Encontro Lusófono em Economia, Sociologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Rural Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (ESAC)
2019/01/01 - 2019/10/18 ESADR 2019- IX Congresso da APDEA GPP, Ministério da Agricultura

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/06/03 - 2022/06/03 Seminar "An alternative approach for building composite indicators using entropy and multicriteria decision analysis", on 03/06/2022, webinar at Évora University, as part of the CEFAGE 2021/2022 Research Seminars (Doutoramento) Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e Economia, Portugal
2013/06/07 - 2013/06/07 Seminário CIEO Sustainable forests landscapes, A bio-economic Forest Management Model for the Mediterranean Forests: A multi-criteria approach Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2016 Best paper award of the congress of the da APDEA (Associação Portuguesa de Economistas Agrícolas)
2012 Best paper Award of the conference FOMOVAVO '12- Forests, Mountains, Valleys and Volcanoes 2012”
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, Greece