@incollection{fdi:34409, title = {{D}u riz au cacao sur la {T}ransamazonienne, {B}r{\'e}sil}, author = {{H}amelin, {P}hilippe}, editor = {}, language = {{FRE}}, abstract = {{I}n the absence of field work and the possibility to survey local knowledge, the settlement scheme linked to the opening of the {T}ransamazon {H}ighway in 1970 was planned in relation to political policy. {O}ne of the principal objectives was the formation of a middle class composed of farmers to cultivate foodstuffs. {T}he idea for an exclusive formation of a middle class was then taken up and amplified by the {C}atholic {C}hurch, which, through the organization of its "base communities", tried to achieve its egalitarian utopia. {B}ut a refusal to be egalitarian yet poor was to bring about a transformation of the production system. {I}t was originally dominated by foodstuffs, but now is dominated by plantations, cocoa, pepper, coffe... {T}he 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. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{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} ; {BRESIL} ; {AMAZONIE} ; {ALTAMIRA} ; {URUARA} {DISTRICT}}, booktitle = {{S}avoirs paysans et d{\'e}veloppement}, numero = {}, pages = {363--379}, address = {{P}aris ({FRA}) ; {P}aris}, publisher = {{ORSTOM} ; {K}arthala}, series = {{E}conomie et {D}{\'e}veloppement}, year = {1991}, ISBN = {2-86537-314-2}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:34409}, }