A questão ambiental e o rural contemporâneo

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente

关键词: agriculture;    modernization;    environment;    research;    science;    interdisciplinarity.;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this article, the environmental issue in contemporary rurality emerges as one of the principal sociopolitical inquiries of developed societies instigating scientists and investigators in the natural sciences and, later, in the humanities. The industrialization of agriculture in European countries in the post-war period unquestionably resulted in expressive productivity increases, creating over supply of food in domestic markets and exportable surplus. Legitimated by its quantitative success, modernization, however,created serious unbalance both at ecosystem and preservation of natural, social, and cultural resources levels. The example provided is the marked modernization occurring in French agriculture, followed by a discussion of the model implemented in that country, the instruments that made it viable, and the social, economic, and environmental crisis it generated. Next, is shown how this intensive agriculture is counterpoised to a growing environmental awareness, expressed in a vigorous political and cultural movement, based on small and medium size farmers, united in social urban movements. Finally, the article suggests proposals for new directions and perspectives for further research on rural societies and the environment. What are the social and political conditions needed so that agriculture can fulfill a new contract with society? Parallel to that, the new contributions of the natural sciences and the currentdebates in the agronomical and social sciences context are discussed. Summing up, the defeat of the intensive industrial agricultural model is pinpointed, and suggestions are made on issues hinging around,on one hand, new agricultural production concepts based on ecological foundations, and the contribution of new scientific approaches used as grounds for a sustainable agricultural model allowing social andnatural resources reproduction, on the other.

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