Public policies water and the challenges of family farming in the semiarid: contexts of Baixo Alentejo (Portugal) and Sudoeste Baiano (Brazil)

Abstract

This study analyze the similarities, weaknesses, differences and potentialities regarding the issue of water in Portugal and Brazil, especially in the territorial units of Baixo Alentejo and the Território Sudoeste Baiano (TSB) respectively, under the context of public policies aimed at spaces rural areas within the harbingers of climate change. In light of the methodological procedures, through the research internship abroad, contact was established with the network of researchers at the Institute of Geography and Territorial Planning (IGOT), and working groups that carry out studies on this topic and related aspects in Portugal, search for literature originating from theoretical bases that reference the study contexts, both Brazilian and Portuguese, secondary data available on the platform websites Brazilian Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia a Estatística (IBGE), do Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) mainly and going to study fields to conduct interviews, photographs of spatial materiality. When studying the aforementioned regions with similar geoenvironmental characteristics, it is possible to highlight some nuances regarding water policies, investments and subsidies for territorial occupation and the difficulties encountered in the climate context.