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Research Group in Agroecology, Sustainability and Environment

The Agroecology, Sustainability and Environment Group (GASMA) of the Technological University of Uruguay aims to develop training, research and university extension activities in Agroecology, with the mission of contributing to the creation of spaces dedicated to facilitating exchange and interaction between the local community and academia, for the participatory construction of knowledge, practices and citizen innovation in line with the principles of Agroecology.

  1. Agroecology and socio-ecological systems.
  2. Agrobiodiversity and plant genetic resources.
  3. Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services.
  4. Natural products and ecosystem health.
  • Incorporating multispectral technologies in universities for the strengthening of the conservation and characterization of Uruguay’s genetic resources.
    Participants: UTEC, UDELAR
    Funding: ANII
  • Agroecological trajectories in family farming in northern Uruguay.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
    Funding: UTEC⁣
  • Miyawaki forests as urban green infrastructure: participatory design for the implementation of urban forests as a climate change adaptation strategy in the neighborhoods Las Higueras and La Unión in the city of Durazno.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣

  • Perceptions and actions to reduce the impact of floods on the community of Durazno, Uruguay.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Guardians of the Yí River forest.⁣
    Participants: UTEC
  • Collaborative and interactive audiovisual mapping in socio-environmental processes.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Restoration of forests in the Yí River: reforestation, research, and citizen participation.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Tools for monitoring and controlling the invasion of the bullfrog.⁣
    Participants: UTEC, Clemente Estable Biological Research Institute⁣
  • Cultivate to Transform – Training for agroecological promoters of community and educational gardens.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Conservation of Uruguay’s agrobiodiversity: expanding knowledge on the genetic diversity of Phaseolus spp.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Strengthening agroecology and biodiversity protection through structured and meaningful participation of four rural, urban, and suburban civil society organizations in Uruguay.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Survey of the Yí River riparian forest for botanical pesticides.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
    Funding: UTEC⁣
  • Management of the citrus longhorn beetle (Diploschema rotundicolle) with low-impact tools.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Effect of magnetic field application on agri-food production processes.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
    Funding: UTEC⁣
  • Development of tools for early detection and biological control of palm weevils.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Botanical nanopesticides.⁣
    Participants: UTEC⁣
  • Development and validation of management tools for citrus pests of relevance in Uruguay.⁣
    Participants: UTEC
  • Costa, F. M., Silva, N. C. D. A., Vidal, R., Clement, C. R., Alves, R. P., Bianchini, P. C., ... & Veasey, E. A. (2021). Entrelaçado, a rare maize race conserved in Southwestern Amazonia. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 68(1), 51–58.
  • Li, J., Li, D., Espinosa, C. Z., Pastor, V. T., Rasheed, A., Rojas, N. P., ... & Li, H. (2021). Genome-wide analyses reveal footprints of divergent selection and popping-related traits in CIMMYT’s maize inbred lines. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72(4), 1307–1320.
  • Costa, F. M., Vidal, R., de Almeida Silva, N. C., Veasey, E. A., de Oliveira Freitas, F., & Zucchi, M. I. (2024). Archaeological findings show the extent of primitive characteristics of maize in South America. Science Advances, 10(36), eadn1466.
  • Costa, F. M., de Almeida Silva, N. C., Vidal, R., Clement, C. R., & Veasey, E. A. (2023). A new methodological approach to detect microcenters and regions of maize genetic diversity in different areas of Lowland South America. Economic Botany, 77(4), 345–371.
  • Rivas, M., Vidal, R., Neitzke, R. S., Priori, D., Almeida, N., Antunes, I. F., ... & Barbieri, R. L. (2023). Diversity of vegetable landraces in the Pampa biome of Brazil and Uruguay: utilization and conservation strategies. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1232589.
  • Borteiro, C., Laufer, G., Gobel, N., Arleo, M., Kolenc, F., Cortizas, S., ... & Martínez-Debat, C. (2024). Widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid panzootic lineage in Uruguay is constrained by climate. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 158, 123–132.
  • Gobel, N., Laufer, G., Kacevas, N., Cortizas, S., Pais, J., Arim, M., & González-Bergonzoni, I. (2025). Fish modulate how connectivity and local factors shape food webs of permanent ponds. Oikos, 2025(5), e11062.
  • de Almeida, N. C., Costa, F. M., Vidal, R., & Landau, E. C. (2023). Participação da mulher na conservação de variedades crioulas de milho. In E. C. Landau & W. J. R. Matrangolo (Tech. Eds.), Mulheres na produção agroecológica de milho no Brasil (pp. xx–xx). Brasília, DF: Embrapa.
  • Almeida, N. C. de, Vidal, R., Costa, F. M., & Veasey, E. A. (Orgs.). (2021). Catálogo de razas de maíz de Brasil y Uruguay: diversidad y distribución en las tierras bajas de América del Sur. Ponta Grossa, PR: Atena. https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.146211607
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