A decisão sobre o cultivo puro e consociado: caso da Aldeia de Chibabel

Abstract

In July 1996, a study was carried out in the village of Chibabel, district of Guijá, Gaza province on "Identification and Analysis of Aspects that Influence Decision Making on Agricultural Production, with an emphasis on Pure and Intercropped Farming" The methodology used in this research consisted of consulting secondary data, informal and formal surveys conducted with key informants and farmers. From this study, it was concluded that decision-making on pure cultivation or intercropping in the village of Chibabel is influenced by technical, economic, and social aspects. The technical aspects include the physical and chemical properties of the soil, rainfall conditions; the economic aspects indicate availability and access to land, availability of labor at the household level, availability and access to animal traction, availability of goods and/or capital to hire labor for agriculture. In relation to social aspects, the objectives of the peasants, local tradition (values ​​and convictions) and community standards are considered. The interviewed peasants are not unanimous about the causes of consociation practice in the village, but in general believe that consociation, although it is something linked to local tradition, is also influenced by limited resources (land, water and labor). From this study, the following recommendations were produced: - promotion of cattle raising in the village; - installation of an irrigation system in the valley (banks of the Limpopo-/V/iaca river); creation of a sustainable seed supply system in the village respecting the local agricultural calendar; - installation of a rural extension network; - regularization of titles to land occupied by peasants