A Junta de Educação Nacional e a investigação científica em Portugal no período entre guerras (

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Abstract: The Laboratory of Colonial Agricultural and Technology, part of the High Institute of Agronomy (I.S.A.), Lisbon, was inserted into the “politics of scientific research and education” of the National Board of Education ( J.E.N.) 1929-1936. From the role played by its Director – Carlos de Mello Geraldes – we can have an archeology of ideas on the role of colonial agronomy research and scientific practice as applied to economic development, in terms of competition and comparability of European. This paper opens perspectives on building scientific networks in Portugal in the first half of the 20th century, as well as pointing different mechanisms to achieve the public understanding of science agronomic, associated with the teaching of the I.S.A., present in international publications, taking a prominent place in scientific Congress. A case study that can open a debate on the existence of a (real) scientific policy for the country and its relationship with research institutes and higher education resulting from J.E.N