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E-mailing a discussion group to find help for my farm |
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Hello,
I was quite pleased to come across this permaculture list some days ago while googling for information about Permaculture and Brazil. Came across some posts by a lady from the Permaculture Institute of Bahia (northern Brazil).
During the past years, I have researched sustainable solutions for my family's farm in the western |
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How did these patterns of farming develop? |
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When Europeans started coming to Brazil in the 1500s, the native Indians used to trade the products of the forest in return for simple European tools. One of the products traded by the Indian was a wood called pau-brasil (which gave Brazil its name). The trading was usually carried out at |
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How and why have these patterns changed over time? |
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Let's look at a couple of examples: coffee and rubber. We'll start with coffee. In the l990s, Brazil still grew and exported more coffee than any other country (although coffee's share of Brazil's total exports has fallen from 60% in the past to only 2% today). However, there have been significant |
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What are the important trends for the future? |
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Since the 1970s, the Brazilian Government has been taking steps to encourage farmers to grow a wider range of crops instead of relying on one or two. Soybean is one of the new crops encouraged. By 1993, Brazil was one of the world's major producers and exporters. Look at the table |
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What is farming like today? |
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Brazil has many different types of soil. It also has variations in climate hot and dry in the north east, warm ar very wet in Amazonia and along the edge of the Great Escarpment in the south east, and more temperate elsewhere along the coast and on the central plateau. As |
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Information on Farming from The Brazilian Embassy in London |
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http://db-brazil.mailbox.co.uk/index.php
While searching for info on brazil farming, I came across this very well put together site by the Brazilian Embassy in London. Don't know who came up with it, but it's brilliant!
Agriculture
From the earliest years of the colonial era, agriculture has held centre stage in Brazil's economy. Plantation agriculture was the |
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Green manures, a new chance for small farmers |
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ILEIA Newsletter Vol. 11 No. 3 p. 16
Green manures, a new chance for small farmers
Valdemar Hercilio de Freitas
After severe soil degradation and increase in fertiliser prices, small farmers in Santa Catarina, South Brasil, supported by EPAGRI (Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensâo Rural) and other research and extension agencies, |
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Los "cultivos de cobertura" en Brasil |
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http://www.fao.org/ag/esp/revista/0105sp.htm
Los cultivos de cobertura en Brasil
Los métodos para preparar las tierras basados en modelos europeos resultaron insostenibles en el estado subtropical de Santa Catarina
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A principios de los años ochenta dos especialistas brasileños en suelos presentaron un diagrama sencillo pero elocuente para describir la degradación de las tierras agrícolas |
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Conservation Agriculture - Matching Production with Sustainability |
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SUMMARY
Conservation Agriculture
Matching Production with
Sustainability
What is |
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Unicamp estr?ia curso de especializa??o em agricultura org?nica Ambientalismo |
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From http://www.metaong.info/node.php?id=392
Enviado por tupi@www.drupal.org em 30/05/2003 - 17:59
Fonte: Jornal O Estado de São Paulo, Supl. Agrícola
26.02.2003 TATIANA FÁVARO
Objetivo é capacitar técnicos em certificação e condução de cutivos diferenciados dos atuais
Terminou em fevereiro o prazo para as inscrições no curso de especialização em Agricultura Orgânica, oferecido pela Faculdade de |
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STEPS TO AN ECONOMY OF PERMACULTURE |
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STEPS TO AN ECONOMY OF PERMACULTURE
The title is a take from Gregory Bateson's Steps to an ecology of the mind. That
book, and Mary O'Brien's The Politics of Reproduction have profoundly
influenced my thinking and this essay.
Gregory Bateson talks about three levels of learning, 'rote learning, learning to
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Travel Advice for Students Interested in Brazil |
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http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/regions/brazil/travel_advice.html
Travel Advice for Students Interested in Brazil
This advice is provided in order to help students with grant budget proposals and to serve as a starting point for individuals planning a journey to Brazil. The document by no means serves as a final say or as an endorsement for any of the |
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