Hamelin Philippe. (1991). Du riz au cacao sur la Transamazonienne, Brésil. In :
Dupré Georges. Savoirs paysans et développement. Paris (FRA) ; Paris : ORSTOM ; Karthala, p. 363-379. (Economie et Développement). ISBN 2-86537-314-2.
Titre du document
Du riz au cacao sur la Transamazonienne, Brésil
Année de publication
1991
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
Auteurs
Hamelin Philippe
In
Dupré Georges, Savoirs paysans et développement
Source
Paris (FRA) ; Paris : ORSTOM ; Karthala, 1991,
p. 363-379 (Economie et Développement). ISBN 2-86537-314-2
In the absence of field work and the possibility to survey local knowledge, the settlement scheme linked to the opening of the Transamazon Highway in 1970 was planned in relation to political policy. One of the principal objectives was the formation of a middle class composed of farmers to cultivate foodstuffs. The idea for an exclusive formation of a middle class was then taken up and amplified by the Catholic Church, which, through the organization of its "base communities", tried to achieve its egalitarian utopia. But a refusal to be egalitarian yet poor was to bring about a transformation of the production system. It was originally dominated by foodstuffs, but now is dominated by plantations, cocoa, pepper, coffe... The study of the evolution and the breakdowns which brought this transformation about shows that if certain socio-economic conditions were respected, even a society that has been accultured and shaken by migration, will maintain its potential for adapting to new conditions of production. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Politique agricole, développement rural [098RURAL2]
Descripteurs
DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL ; POLITIQUE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ; COLONISATION AGRICOLE ; PAYSANNERIE ; ADAPTATION ; CLASSE MOYENNE ; EGLISE CATHOLIQUE ; SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION ; ECONOMIE DE PLANTATION ; CACAO ; RIZ ; ELEVAGE ; SAVOIR FAIRE ; UNITE AGROINDUSTRIELLE ; SALARIAT ; TRANSAMAZONIENNE ; POIVRE ; STRATEGIE PAYSANNE ; EGALITARISME
