I attend the 2nd year of the PhD in Agribusiness and Sustainability, the objective of the campaign is to face the fees due for the years 2021/2022 and 2022/23, otherwise I will be prohibited from studying,
My name is Manuel António Henriques dos Reis Lopes, I'm 70 years old, a 2nd year doctoral student in Agribusiness and Sustainability, Évora University/Utad, I earn only the Solidarity Complement for the elderly of 436.00 euros, I barely survive, I applied for a scholarship at FCT, was unfairly denied by this entity. The FCT evaluator evaluated my academic merit with a score of ZERO with the allegation that my degree (bachelor) Engineer of Agricultural Sciences (Bologna) accredited by IPC/DGES and master's degree in management of agricultural companies dealt with the agronomic life cycle and the footprint of the Carbon da Cultura do dendê , with 16 value - ESAC/IPC, stated that Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, was not Portugal but foreign?? merit is zero. my professional merit of 46 years in the Amazon was only worth about 2 points, and other aberrations.
My thesis study “Assessment of the Life Cycle and Carbon Footprint of Palm Oil (Palm Oil) “Elaies Guiniensis” - Sustainability Analysis in Degraded Areas in Brazilian Amazon”. (my thesis project already prepared and accepted) I requested help from the Universities, including the 1st prime minister, the army (only former combatant in Angola) but they denied any support, including the necessary support for the congresses that I should attend, with that my study were impaired, grades were not credited, if I do not participate by July/August I will have to repeat the year. I did not receive any support, be it food, accommodation and study material, internet etc.
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About the author
Manuel António Henriques dos Reis Lopes Agricultural Sciences engineer for over 40 years in the profession, 2nd year doctoral student in Agribusiness and Sustainability at the University of Évora, Master (2023) in Agricultural Business Management at the Escola Superior Agrária Coimbra/Portugal, MBA ( 2021) Agribusiness from Escola Superior Agricultura ESALQ/USP, with extensive experience in the Amazon, having developed significant and transformative experiences in the area of agriculture (Agribusiness and Sustainability). improve the sustainability of the agri-food system; ensure the conservation of biodiversity and the multifunctionality of the landscape. The development of the thesis will take place for 2 years (2021/2022- 2022/2023) in Portugal and 2 years (2023/2024 - 2024/2025) in Brazil in the Amazon (Belém/Pa)
The MBA, the master's thesis and the doctoral thesis project, discuss the pillar of sustainability (economic, environmental and social) with the key word: Planning Plan; Technical, Economic and Financial Analysis, as well as all its conceptual and practical aspects; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Carbon Footprint Assessment (GHG), Oil Palm “Elaies guineensis”, Palm Oil, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Biofuels; Energy Balance; transnational governance policies
The choice of line of study is due to the fact that the Amazon is sensitive to the world in its preservation and balance, making palm oil part of the food chain and used daily in the sectors of biofuels, agro-food, with its natural habitat being the areas tropical regions such as the Amazon. The importance of preserving the Amazon and the agri-food sector is fundamental to the world and, in particular, to Brazil, whether in the recovery of Amazonian societies or in local and global economic improvement. additionally, the preservation of the forest contributes to minimizing climate change worldwide. The vulnerability of these sectors is associated with a wide spectrum of risks: the suppression of biodiversity in the Amazon, fundamental to the carbon cycle; the alteration of hemispheric hydrological systems, essential to climate and rainfall.
Outstanding Experience in the Ecuadorian Amazon
The SHUAR, although there was government authorization to enter their territories to carry out the necessary studies, I thought it best to ask the leader for permission to travel through their lands. The attitude I took was very well received, so much so that I was invited to sit in a circle with the most representative figures of the tribe and toast with a drink, Chicha (fermented drink produced by the indigenous peoples of the Andes Mountains since the Inca Empire). , only offered to those who aroused respect for him.
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