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Ricardo Braga holds the following academic degrees: Bachelor degree in Agronomy / Agricultural Engineering (1993) from Instituto Superior de Agronomia / University of Lisbon, Portugal; Master of Science in Tropical Agricultural Production (1996) from Instituto Superior de Agronomia / University of Lisbon, Portugal; Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Operations Management (2000) from University of Florida, USA. He currently is Assistant Professor (2013 - ) at Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, where he teaches courses at the Bachelor and Master levels in general agriculture and machinery, precision agriculture, modeling of agricultural systems.He has participated in many projects in the areas of precision agriculture, crop management optimization, crop simulation models and technology dissemination and adoption. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ricardo Braga é Licenciado em Engenharia Agronómica (1993) pelo Instituto Superior de Agronomia / Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Mestre em Produção Agrícola Tropical (1996) pelo Instituto Superior de Agronomia / Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal e Doutor em Agricultural Operations Management (2000) pela University of Florida, EUA. Atualmente é Professor Auxiliar (2013 -) no Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa, onde ministra cursos de Licenciatura e Mestrado em Agricultura Geral e Maquinaria, Agricultura de Precisão, Modelação de Sistemas Agrícolas. Participou de diversos projetos nas áreas de agricultura de precisão, otimização de sistemas agrícolas, modelos de culturas e disseminação e adoção de tecnologia.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Nuno Fonseca Garcia Pereira Braga

Citation names

  • Ricardo P. Braga
  • Ricardo Braga

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9F1C-0389-EFD3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5788-093X
Google Scholar ID
IYR1dWMAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
57221389720

Email addresses

  • ricardobraga@isa.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 21365 Ext.: 3175 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agriculture
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agriculture

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2000
Concluded
 Agricultural and Operations Management (Doutoramento)
University of Florida, United States
"Predicting the Spatial Pattern of Grain Yield Under Water Limiting Conditions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1993 - 1996
Concluded
 Produção Agrícola Tropical (Mestrado)
Major in Modelação de Sistemas Agrícolas
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
1988 - 1993
Concluded
 Engenharia Agronómica (Licenciatura)
Major in Fitotecnia
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2003 - 2013 Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Portugal
2000 - 2003 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2010/02 - 2013/05 SIAMVITI - Climate change in Viticulture: Scenarios, Impacts and Adaptation Measures
Provided by PTCRIS: 105024
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/01 - 2008/06 FERTINOV - Technological Inovation in crop fertilization to reduce production costs and environmental impacts and increase nutrient use effciency
Provided by PTCRIS: 82952
Provided by PTCRIS: 58226
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/06 - 2008/06 WINEMAP - Pre-harvest and harvest mapping as a tools for improving wine quality and reducing environmental impacts at the block level
Provided by PTCRIS: 55629
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/06 - 2008/06 ALQUEVA XXII - Shooting at a moving target. Scenarios of agricultural land use of the alqueva irrigation project in a changing environment.Climate change, crop options and water needs.
Provided by PTCRIS: 60110
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - 2025/02/28 Open platform and faIrness olive oil suppLy chain for MEDiterranean small farmers
PRIMA/0005/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Contaminação de cereais e derivados armazenados por pragas de insectos e fungos
PTDC/ASP-PLA/28350/2017
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2010/02/01 - 2013/05/31 SIAMVITI - Alterações climáticas em Viticultura: Cenários, Impactos e Medidas de Adaptação
PTDC/AAC-AMB/105024/2008
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Agronomia Alimentos Ambiente e Paisagem, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/06/01 - 2008/06/30 ALQUEVA XXII - Cenários de utilização agrícola do perímetro de rega do Alqueva num ambiente em mudança.Alterações climáticas, opções culturais e necessidades de água.
POCI/CLI/60110/2004
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/06/01 - 2008/06/30 WINEMAP - Cartografia da pré-vindima e da vindima como ferramentas de melhoria da qualidade do vinho e redução dos impactes ambientais ao nível das parcelas
POCI/AGR/55629/2004
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/06/01 - 2006/12/31 FERTINOV - Inovação tecnológica na fertilização das culturas com vista à redução de custos e impactes ambientais e aumento da eficiência de utilização dos nutrientes
POCI/AGR/58226/2004
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997/09/01 - 2000/08/31 SITE-SPECIFIC SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN A PRECISION FARMING CONTEXT
PRAXIS XXI/BD/11494/97
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Victorino, Gonçalo; Guilherme Maia; José Queiroz; Ricardo P. Braga; Jorge Marques; Santos-Victor, José; Lopes, Carlos M.. "Grapevine yield prediction using image analysis - improving the estimation of non-visible bunches". Paper presented in European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA), Rhodes, 2019.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Victorino, Gonçalo; Ricardo P. Braga; Jorge Marques; Santos-Victor, José; Lopes, Carlos M.. "Vineyard yield estimation using proximal sensing technologies deployed on an unmanned ground vehicle". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2018, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Gonçalo Victorino; Ricardo P. Braga; José Santos-Victor; Carlos M. Lopes. "Comparing a New Non-Invasive Vineyard Yield Estimation Approach Based on Image Analysis with Manual Sample-Based Methods". Agronomy 12 6 (2022): 1464-1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12061464.
    10.3390/agronomy12061464
  2. Catarina Esteves; David Fangueiro; Ricardo P. Braga; Miguel Martins; Manuel Botelho; Henrique Ribeiro. "Assessing the Contribution of ECa and NDVI in the Delineation of Management Zones in a Vineyard". Agronomy 12 6 (2022): 1331-1331. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12061331.
    10.3390/agronomy12061331
  3. Gonçalo Filipe Victorino; Ricardo Pereira Braga; José Santos-Victor; Carlos Manuel Lopes. "Overcoming the challenge of bunch occlusion by leaves for vineyard yield estimation using image analysis". OENO One (2022): https://doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2022.56.1.4863.
    10.20870/oeno-one.2022.56.1.4863
  4. Gonçalo C. Rodrigues; Ricardo P. Braga. "A Simple Application for Computing Reference Evapotranspiration with Various Levels of Data Availability—ETo Tool". Agronomy (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112203.
    10.3390/agronomy11112203
  5. Ricardo P. Braga. "Estimation of Daily Reference Evapotranspiration from NASA POWER Reanalysis Products in a Hot Summer Mediterranean Climate". Agronomy 11 10 (2021): 2077-2077. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11102077.
    10.3390/agronomy11102077
  6. Rodrigues, Gonçalo C.; Braga, Ricardo P.. "Evaluation of NASA POWER Reanalysis Products to Estimate Daily Weather Variables in a Hot Summer Mediterranean Climate". Agronomy 11 6 (2021): 1207. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11061207.
    Published • 10.3390/agronomy11061207
  7. Ricardo P. Braga. "Variable-rate mechanical pruning: a new way to prune vines". Acta Horticulturae 1314 (2021): 307-312. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2021.1314.38.
    10.17660/actahortic.2021.1314.38
  8. "Remote Sensing (NDVI) and Apparent Soil Electrical Conductivity (ECap) to Delineate Different Zones in a Vineyard". Biology and Life Sciences Forum 3 1 (2021): 42-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecag2021-10021.
    10.3390/iecag2021-10021
  9. Gonçalo C. Rodrigues; Ricardo P. Braga. "Estimation of Reference Evapotranspiration during the Irrigation Season Using Nine Temperature-Based Methods in a Hot-Summer Mediterranean Climate". Agriculture (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11020124.
    10.3390/agriculture11020124
  10. Braga, Ricardo. "A Simple Procedure to Estimate Reference Evapotranspiration during the Irrigation Season in a Hot-Summer Mediterranean Climate". Sustainability 13 1 (2021): 349-349. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010349.
    10.3390/su13010349
  11. Braga, Ricardo. "Yield components detection and image-based indicators for non-invasive grapevine yield prediction at different phenological phases". OENO One 54 4 (2020): 833-848. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2020.54.4.3616.
    10.20870/oeno-one.2020.54.4.3616
  12. Victorino, Gonçalo; Braga, Ricardo; Santos-Victor, José; Lopes, Carlos M.. "Yield components detection and image-based indicators for non-invasive grapevine yield prediction at different phenological phases". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20753.
    10.20870/oeno-one.2020.54.4.3616
  13. Braga, Ricardo. "A MODELING APPROACH TO ESTABLISH STRATEGIES FOR MAIZE SILAGE PRODUCTION IN THE MICRO-REGION OF PELOTAS, BRAZIL". Revista Brasileira de Milho e Sorgo (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.18512/1980-6477/rbms.v16n3p536-555.
    10.18512/1980-6477/rbms.v16n3p536-555
  14. Braga, Ricardo. "Can berry composition be explained by climatic indices? Comparing classical with new indices in the Portuguese Dão region". Acta Horticulturae (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2017.1157.10.
    10.17660/actahortic.2017.1157.10
  15. Braga, Ricardo. "Crop model based decision support for maize (Zea mays L.) silage production in Portugal". European Journal of Agronomy (2008): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2007.07.006.
    10.1016/j.eja.2007.07.006
  16. Braga, Ricardo. "USING OPTIMIZATION TO ESTIMATE SOIL INPUTS OF CROP MODELS FOR USE IN SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT". Transactions of the ASAE (2004): http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.17599.
    10.13031/2013.17599
  17. Braga, RP; Jones, JW. "Using optimization to estimate soil inputs of crop models for use in site-specific management". TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASAE (2004):
  18. Braga, Ricardo. "Spatial validation of crop models for precision agriculture". Agricultural Systems (2001): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0308-521x(00)00063-9.
    10.1016/s0308-521x(00)00063-9