In order to honour the memory of an upright person, Luzia Fati, who died in March 2013, I put here the whole interview she gave me in April 2007, in Santarém (Pará,…
Tag: peasantry
Landraces in Brazil: context and Instituto Socioambiental’s actions
The Brazilian context is characterised by a massive and widespread presence of commercial seeds, the only source of most farmers; exceptions are small decapitalised farmers 1, who keep the seeds from harvest…
Infographic about protected areas in Brazil
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Incentives and obstacles in the conservation of Euterpe edulis Mart. in quilombolas communities from Ribeira Valley
This paper analyzes the results of an Atlantic Forest enriched with seeds from palm juçara in Quilombo Communities in the Ribeira Valley – SP and the difficulties and bottlenecks involved in implementing…
The differentiation of the Brazilian peasantry and its struggles for citizenship (podcast and proceedings)
Intervento presentato al XXXIV Convegno Internazionale di Americanistica, nella sessione: 19. Centralità dei margini e nuove forme di cittadinanza, coordinata dal Prof. João Pacheco de Oliveira e dal Prof. Roberto Malighetti. Registrazione…
The differentiation of the Brazilian peasantry and its struggles for citizenship
Intervento presentato al XXXIV Convegno Internazionale di Americanistica, nella sessione: 19. Centralità dei margini e nuove forme di cittadinanza, coordinata dal Prof. João Pacheco de Oliveira e dal Prof. Roberto Malighetti. Diversità…
An interesting mission in the Eastern Minas Gerais countryside
During the second semester of 2010, I had the opportunity to know some places within the Leste de Minas region (Brazil). This region is very different to others where I worked. The…
Gastronomic event in S. Paulo
Semana Mesa SP is one of the most important Latin American gastronomic events; in 2010 comes to its 4th edition; this year issue is “What gastronomy could do for the plantet?”, an…