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Transition toward Agroecology among Family Farmers: Crop Protection Practices
Costa, Cristina Amaro; Aguiar, A.; Parente, C.; Neto, J.; Valério, E.; Godinho, M. C.; Figueiredo, E.Over the centuries, generations of family farmers have developed complex, diversified, and locally adapted agricultural systems, managed with ingenious combinations of agricultural practices tested over time, ensuring the nutrition of rural communities and the conservation of natural resources and biodiversity. Crop protection practices among family farmers are at the corner of their success, and in many cases,...
Transition toward Agroecology among Family Farmers: Crop Protection Practices
Costa, C.A.; Aguiar, C.; Parente, C.; Neto, J.; Valério, E.; Godinho, M.C.; Figueiredo, E.
Evaluation of different pruning solutions for superhigh density olive orchards
Dias, António F.; Parente, C.; Gonzalez, A.; Pinheiro, A.C.; Peça, JoséIn the super high density olive orchards, manual pruning is the current practice used by olive growers. This option requires a large amount of labour. Although disc saw pruning machine allow high work rate, it would be necessary to evaluate the influence of the use of the pruning machine in olive yield in order to establish a pruning strategy. In 2015 a trial was established in a commercial orchard of Arbequina...
Motivações e repercussões da formação em agricultura biológica em contexto urba...
Parente, C.; Santos, R.; Ramos, M.Este artigo avalia, de um ponto de vista sociológico, as motivações e as repercussões formativas da frequência de formações em agricultura biológica a partir de uma abordagem extensiva baseada num inquérito on-line. Os resultados revelam uma alteração para comportamentos alimentares saudáveis, nomeadamente marcados pelo consumo de alimentos biológicos. Associam-se igualmente efeitos positivos para a saúde revel...
A typology of professional situations in the analysis of graduate transition fr...
Ramos, M.; Parente, C.; Santos, M.; Chaves, M.This article focuses on the Portuguese case to discuss the employment insertion of graduates. It starts by presenting a typology of professional situations with the purpose of analyzing graduate transition from higher education to the labor market. The heuristic potential of the typology is then described, showing its key role when analyzing two important topics in the study of the professional situation of gra...
Idea Puzzle
Parente, C.; Ferro, L.The Idea Puzzle is a software application created in 2007. It is a support tool to assist PhD students and researchers in the process of designing research projects through a focus on three central dimensions of research that are collectively represented by a triangle. Each side of the Idea Puzzle triangle corresponds to one of the three dimensions that every empirical research project should ideally include: o...
Os jovens pouco escolarizados no mercado de trabalho português
Parente, C.; Neto, H. V.; Ramos, M.; Cruz, S.; Marcos, V.Este artigo analisa as mudanças estruturais do emprego juvenil entre os 15 e 24 anos de idade, com escolaridade básica obrigatória (ISCED 0-2), nos anos de 1988, 1998 e 2007, tendo por base dados não publicados dos Quadros de Pessoal do Ministério do Trabalho e da Solidariedade Social. A exploração das variáveis contrato, antiguidade, duração do tempo de trabalho e remuneração, permite configurar uma autonomiza...
Os licenciados em Portugal: uma tipificação de perfis de inserção profissional
Ramos, M.; Parente, C.; Santos, M.A adequação entre o nível e tipo de formação académica e a situação profissional é um tema presente sempre que se aborda a temática da inserção profissional dos licenciados. Pretende-se, com este artigo, analisar as situações profissionais de diplomados portugueses do ensino superior cinco anos após a conclusão da licenciatura, à luz da problemática da inserção e transição profissional. Enquadra-se a relação en...
Youth labour insertion in Portugal: an education perspective
Parente, C.; Ramos, M.; Marcos, V.; Cruz, S.; Neto, H. V.The analysis of the labour insertion of young people aged between 15 and 24, with the basic compulsory schooling, based upon unpublished data on the Quadros de Pessoal of the Ministry for Labour and Social Security is the main goal of this paper. Its approach is based upon two framing analytical tips: the contextualized analysis of the indicators contract, seniority, duration of time of work and remuneration on...
Perspectives of social entrepreneurship in Portugal: comparison and contrast wi...
Parente, C.; Santos, M.; Marcos, V.; Costa, D.; Veloso, L.The aim of this article is to present and discuss the perspectives of social entrepreneurship conveyed by third sector organizations in Portugal in the context of the main international theoretical approaches. As part of a research project on social entrepreneurship in Portugal, the article analyses the content of 20 semi-structured interviews with key actors within the Portuguese third sector. It is assumed th...