The Graduate Program in Agronomy: Irrigated Horticulture aims to develop scientific research focused on addressing the challenges of regional irrigated agriculture, to qualify professors who meet the demands for higher education expansion and quality in the country, and to train researchers and technicians in various fields of knowledge related to the program.

The Master’s program in Agronomy: Irrigated Horticulture (PPGHI), located in the Department of Technology and Social Sciences (DTCS) at the State University of Bahia (UNEB), Campus III, Juazeiro, was recommended in 2006. Its primary objective is to train professionals dedicated to producing relevant knowledge in the production chains of vegetables and fruit crops—key crops cultivated in the irrigated semi-arid region of Bahia and, by extension, the semi-arid region of the Brazilian Northeast. The program seeks to find solutions to problems, promote integration among different areas and institutions of teaching, research, and extension, and foster greater interaction between undergraduate and graduate courses.

The research and high-quality human resources generated by PPGHI have significantly contributed to the production of knowledge and technological solutions for irrigated agriculture in the Sub-middle São Francisco Valley, as well as in other irrigated horticultural regions across the country. PPGHI received a score of 4 in the quadrennial evaluation process of graduate programs conducted in August 2020 by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel).

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