Universidade Católica Portuguesa – UCP

The University of CataniaUniversidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) is a leading Portuguese research university with strong expertise in food science, biotechnology, and nutrition. Its Plant Nutrition and Biotechnology Lab develops innovative approaches to enhance food quality, sustainability, and human health.
Within COUSIN, UCP contributes to several work packages and leads the activities on trait characterization and bioprospecting of the nutritional and health-related properties of CWRs, while also supporting the development of high-quality data resources. UCP further supports communication, dissemination, and training activities in WP6, engaging students, chefs, schools, and farmers to promote CWR and underscore their role in shaping future sustainable diets. (UNICT) offers a strong and ever-growing international orientation and community, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A) dealing with the sustainable use and management of natural and growing ecosystems, such as for vegetable, aromatic and medicinal plants, conserving and exploiting their genetic resources for improving nature-based food chains.