Reflections on Green Geoeconomy and Agriculture
by João Pedro Silva and Luís Carlos Costa
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The second industrial revolution in the 19th century, marked by the emergence of electricity, chemistry, and the internal combustion engine as new technological trajectories, shifted the focus of production systems towards the combination of increased production and productivity. In agriculture, the green revolution was responsible for significant multiplication and improvement in food production. However, the progress of different industrial and agro-industrial systems was partly achieved at the expense of enormous depletion of natural resources, which had an impact on the environment and society. In this process, there was a disbalance between the three most important spheres of life: economic, social, and environmental – with the emergence of diseases, changes in water quality, climate changes, and many other issues. Today, economic policy guidelines must take into account the environmental issue, an unexpected aspect of economic development. Therefore, natural capital is a sine qua non condition in the economic agendas of different countries.
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Finally, the main perspective in this approach is to understand the peculiarities of human beings through their productive activities and mode of enjoyment. Thus, without philosophical faith in the power of concepts to create and destroy the world, it is believed that only through the use of real means can a green geoeconomy be achieved. It will not be an act of thought, but a historical fact, conditioned by historical conditions of industry, agriculture, commerce, and services.
João Pedro Silva – Geographer, Ph.D. in Geography and specialist in agronegócios
Luís Carlos Costa – Geographer, Ph.D. in Geography and specialist in agronegócios
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