Author(s): Freire, Dulce ; Faísca, Carlos Manuel
Date: 2021
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/95937
Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
Project/scholarship: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/760090/EU;
Subject(s): Agricultura; Estatística Agrícola; Portugal
The Portuguese historiography, following a European trend with several decades, has in recent years built long-term statistical series on the most diverse themes, thus enabling a greater accuracy of the interpretations of the past. Due to its high historical relevance, agriculture is one of the most pertinent themes, especially considering that, until the middle of the 20th century, it occupied the daily livesthe majority of the Portuguese people. In this article we present the most recent historical series of agricultural statistics, detailing the archives and the sources that were the basis for their construction. In addition to expose these statistics, we intend to stimulate further investigations that can broaden the chronology, the products and the themes of the historical series of the Portuguese agricultural statistics. Therefore, we present a historical contextualization of the production of the Portuguese agricultural statistics, followed by a source guide and several suggestions for future research in different archives and sources. With this effort we aim to stimulate further research that, hopefully, will contribute to deepening the historical knowledge about Portuguese agriculture.
Nos últimos anos, seguindo uma tendência europeia com várias décadas, a historiografia portuguesa tem construído séries estatísticas de longa duração para diversos indicadores económicos e sociais. Ainda que a agricultura seja uma das atividades historicamente mais relevantes, esses indicadores continuam a faltar. Resultando de uma longa pesquisa que tem tentado colmatar algumas das lacunas identificadas, apresentam-se as primeiras séries de produção agrícola regional para Portugal Continental. A análise começa no século XIX, quando os serviços oficiais passaram a recolher sistematicamente alguns dados estatísticos. O artigo está focado no processo de produção destas fontes históricas, avaliando como as mudanças no enquadramento institucional e nos objetivos do Estado podem ter influenciado a qualidade dos dados existentes para cada região. Seguidamente, traça um roteiro dos fundos documentais guardados e disponíveis nos arquivos nacionais e distritais, facilitando o desenvolvimento de futuras investigações.
The research presented in this paper has been carried out in the framework of the ReSEED Project (reseed.uc.pt). It has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n°760090), and is hosted by the University of Coimbra, Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies (UIDB/00460/2020). This paper reflects only the author's view. The European Commission and European Research Council Executive Agency are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
