Desenvolvimento sustentável da agricultura em Moçambique:o caso da agricultura familiar

Abstract

The concept of Sustainable Development is questioned, among other arguments, due to the difficulty in determining the sustainability of a system. This study sought to carry out a reading associated with the sustainability of family farming. The choice of family farming is related to its multifunctionality, which in addition to producing food and raw materials, generates more than 80% of occupation in the rural sector. Currently, most of the food that supplies Mozambican domestic markets further inland comes from small properties. Family farming favors the use of more ecologically balanced production practices, such as crop diversification, less use of industrial inputs and preservation of genetic heritage. Family farming is sustainable when it is ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and culturally appropriate. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)