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Identification and diffusion of reproduction strategies of family farming: The cases of Northeastern Brazil, the Interior of Central-southern Portugal and of the Santiago Island in Cape Verde

Type:

International

State:

Concluded

Research Groups:

Environmental and Socio-economic Dynamics: Management for Sustainability

Lead Researcher:

Emília Moreira, Universidade Federal de Paraíba

e-Geo Team:

Ana Maria Firmino, Maria José Roxo, Maria de Nazaré Oliveira Roca, José Eduardo Ventura

Institutional partners:

Pos-Graduate Studies in Geography, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, (Coordination);
Pos-graduate Studies in Economics, Universidade Federal da Paraíba;
e-GEO Research Centre for Geography and Regional Planning, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa;
Centre for Natural Resources and Environment, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa;
Instituto Superior de Educação de Cabo Verde.

Funding:

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq, Brazil

Duration:

2005-2006

Objectives:

To identify and exchange knowledge related to alternative experiences and strategies of development as well as to the difficulties faced by family farming in three semi-arid regions – north-eastern Brazil, the interior of the central-southern region of Portugal and in the Island of Santiago in Cape Verde, aiming at the implementation of a joint project of scientific and technical cooperation.