The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues

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Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Ana Isabel
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Gomes, Inês, Amorim, Inês
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106145
https://doi.org/10.26882/histagrar.082e02q
Resumo: Calamities in agricultural production have emerged as a relevant research topic for global food security in the current context of adaptation to climate change. Historians have been participating in this research by examining crop losses in the past. However, they face challenging questions and methodological issues when evaluating the magnitude, intensity and social relevance of damages caused by adverse climate events and plant pests and diseases. This paper presents a review of some aspects that lead to harvest failures, along with three case studies involving Portuguese territories in modern times, based on the scientific interest and research of the authors. A few methodological considerations are also provided concerning decryption and the use of available data, to help avoid misinterpretations in future research on the topic.
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spelling The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issuesO espectro da perda de culturas na História: Problemas e metodologiasenvironmental historyclimatic eventscrop lossesplant pestsdisastershistória ambientaleventos climáticosperda de colheitaspragas agrícolasdesastres.Calamities in agricultural production have emerged as a relevant research topic for global food security in the current context of adaptation to climate change. Historians have been participating in this research by examining crop losses in the past. However, they face challenging questions and methodological issues when evaluating the magnitude, intensity and social relevance of damages caused by adverse climate events and plant pests and diseases. This paper presents a review of some aspects that lead to harvest failures, along with three case studies involving Portuguese territories in modern times, based on the scientific interest and research of the authors. A few methodological considerations are also provided concerning decryption and the use of available data, to help avoid misinterpretations in future research on the topic.O estudo de calamidades ocorridas na produção agrícola tornou-se um tema relevante para a segurança alimentar no atual contexto de adaptações às alterações climáticas. Os historiadores têm participado neste repto estudando as perdas de colheitas no passado, enfrentando, todavia, múltiplos desafios e problemas metodológicos na avaliação da magnitude, intensidade e relevância social dos danos causados por eventos climáticos adversos, invasões por pragas ou doenças de plantas. Este artigo de revisão apresenta alguns fatores que conduzem a perdas de colheitas, e três estudos de caso, ocor r idos em ter ritório português durante o período contemporâneo, resultantes do interesse científico e da investigação das autores. Tecem-se algumas considerações sobre a utilização da informação disponível, por for ma a evitar interpretações incor retas em futuras investigações sobre este tópico.Universidad de Murcia2020info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/106145http://hdl.handle.net/10316/106145https://doi.org/10.26882/histagrar.082e02qeng2340365911391472Queiroz, Ana IsabelGomes, InêsAmorim, Inêsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-22T21:34:27Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/106145Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:22:36.480722Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
O espectro da perda de culturas na História: Problemas e metodologias
title The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
spellingShingle The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
Queiroz, Ana Isabel
environmental history
climatic events
crop losses
plant pests
disasters
história ambiental
eventos climáticos
perda de colheitas
pragas agrícolas
desastres.
title_short The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
title_full The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
title_fullStr The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
title_full_unstemmed The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
title_sort The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
author Queiroz, Ana Isabel
author_facet Queiroz, Ana Isabel
Gomes, Inês
Amorim, Inês
author_role author
author2 Gomes, Inês
Amorim, Inês
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Queiroz, Ana Isabel
Gomes, Inês
Amorim, Inês
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv environmental history
climatic events
crop losses
plant pests
disasters
história ambiental
eventos climáticos
perda de colheitas
pragas agrícolas
desastres.
topic environmental history
climatic events
crop losses
plant pests
disasters
história ambiental
eventos climáticos
perda de colheitas
pragas agrícolas
desastres.
description Calamities in agricultural production have emerged as a relevant research topic for global food security in the current context of adaptation to climate change. Historians have been participating in this research by examining crop losses in the past. However, they face challenging questions and methodological issues when evaluating the magnitude, intensity and social relevance of damages caused by adverse climate events and plant pests and diseases. This paper presents a review of some aspects that lead to harvest failures, along with three case studies involving Portuguese territories in modern times, based on the scientific interest and research of the authors. A few methodological considerations are also provided concerning decryption and the use of available data, to help avoid misinterpretations in future research on the topic.
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