Género e Sistemas de Produção

Abstract

The present document is a work of degree. For its preparation, it was based on data on 159 households obtained through a survey as part of a survey carried out by a team from the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry in coordination with the FAO. The households under study belong to the villages of, Massoane, Djavanhane, Banga and Netia. As a starting point for the elaboration of the thesis, we supported the hypothesis according to which there could be differences between households headed by de facto women, headed by women de jure and households headed by men. These 3 types of households were compared in terms of well-being, access to resources, and livelihood strategies. A second reason that led to the elaboration of this work is the fact that the relationship between occupation in sources of income outside the fields and performance in agricultural production was unknown. Households with de facto female heads showed to be better off in terms of well-being than de jure male and female heads. Households with a de facto female head also had greater access to animal traction. In access to land, there were no significant differences, although there is a tendency for households with a male head to have greater access compared to households with a female head and de facto female head. The most mentioned source by households headed by men is the sale of products from the machamba, compared to those headed by women who depend more on remittances. de jure would choose to sell labor for money and food. Households that sold animals and beverages had a greater performance in agricultural production compared to those who did not practice. Households that depended on remittances performed less well in agricultural production than those that did not depend on remittances.