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Family farming, employment and income in the regions of Northeastern Brazil, Centre-South of Portugal and Santiago Island in Cape Verde

Type:

International

State:

Concluded

Research Groups:

Environmental and Socio-economic Dynamics: Management for Sustainability

Lead Researcher:

Ivan Moreira, Universidade Federal de Paraíba

e-Geo Team:

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

Institutional partners:

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

Funding:

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq, Brazil

Duration:

2006-2008

Objectives:

To compare family farming in three regions at risk of desertification –Northeastern Brazil, Centre-South of Portugal and the Santiago Island in Cape Verde, applying a multidisciplinary approach (geographic, sociological and economic)