Imagens Digitais Para Planejamento Agrícola

Campos, Sérgio; Campos, Marcelo; Tagliarini, Felipe Souza Nogueira; Rodrigues, Bruno; Garcia, Yara Manfrin; Souza, Thyellenn Lopes de

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“…Just like in Alentejo, The agricultural revalorization of the island of São Tomé depended on the conservation of natural resourcessoil, water and forests-and also on the proper management of society. Following the British imperial experience in Trinidad and Tobago and the studies of American engineers that had participated in the colonization of the West, 47 the plan proposed the "correction of the environment" through scientific reforestation. Three to four million trees should be planted to function as windbreaks, to give shade to the young cocoa trees and to cover the abandoned cocoa fields.…”

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“…Taking into consideration this complexity he would pose an endless set of questions: could "the plantations support the costs [of his plan]?-Should one proceed with a salvation strategy that will lead to ruination of planters?-Isn't it worth to transform the island's activity?-Will it not be better to abandon the enterprise?" 49 Campos was indeed very skeptical about the future of the plantation's political economy. Besides the financial stress caused by the environmental degradation and the investment needed to overcome it, he was concerned about the impact of labor in this difficult equation, making the island's cash crop economy even more vulnerable.…”

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Disrupted Ecologies: Conflicting Repertoires of Colonial Rule in Early Twentieth-Century São Tomé

Macedo

2019

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

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The first months of 1909 were troubled times in the equatorial Atlantic island of São Tomé. In mid-March, after a long controversy opposing British chocolate manufacturers and Portuguese cocoa planters, the firms Cadbury, Fry and Rowntree decided to boycott São Tomé's "slave-grown cocoa". To cope with the consequences of the embargo planters turned to the colonial government. Asking for the state's assistance was a common practice. Even if the island's economy had been driven by private investment, the state had always supported the plantations by regulating the market, facilitating access to land and, most significantly, by enforcing labor-recruiting policies. Estate owners were, once again, demanding Portuguese diplomacy to work on their behalf to legitimize plantation labor practices. 1 But labor was not the only problem they had to face. In April, planters issued another call for help. This

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confidence: 99%