Impacto socioeconómico das associações agrícolas: o caso das associações ligadas a união das cooperativas agrícolas de Marracuene

Abstract

Agriculture is the basis of subsistence for the majority of the population of Mozambique, especially for the population residing in rural areas, who practice subsistence agriculture to produce food. population living in rural areas that practice subsistence agriculture to produce food for daily life and food for daily life and obtain money to buy other products with the commercialization of agricultural of the agricultural surplus. However, this agriculture is characterized by poverty of resources and and consequently of income, which in addition to demotivating those who practice this also contributes to the scarcity of food and aggravation of problems such as hunger and malnutrition. hunger and malnutrition. In the district of Marracuene, associativism is a phenomenon that has proven to be a viable alternative for family farmers, by joining forces in order to achieve greater collective gains. to achieve greater collective gains. UCAM, is an organization created by the farmers themselves Marracuene district for the defense of their interests, strengthening them as a class and to achieve as a class and to achieve economic, social and cultural self-sustainability by strengthening strengthening the associativism and capacitating farmers in matters related to the family economy. The present study, was made with the associations of family farmers who are UCAM, in order to assess the socio-economic transformations brought about by this form of form of organization of family farmers, studying how they organize themselves, how they share the benefits organize, how they share the benefits obtained in this activity, how they manage their enterprises, and the challenges they face in the course of their activities. From this study it was found that associations are quite useful for the farmers of the family sector in this region, as they allow them to join forces to carry out activities that have sufficient means of their own to carry out individually, in addition to benefiting from agricultural benefit from agricultural development projects that are effectively aimed at these associations, as well as the associations, as well as placing their products on the market through fairs held among the associations. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)